"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."
Listening
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Krishnamurti
Sorrow
"Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfulness, explanations, and illusions."
Freedom from the Past
"Without freedom from the past, there is no freedom at all, because the mind is never new, fresh, innocent."
Total Development
"For the total development of the human being, solitude as a means of cultivating sensitivity becomes a necessity. One has to know what it means to be alone, what it is to meditate, what it is to die; and the implications of solitude, of meditation, of death, can be...
Tradition
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."
Observer
"The observer is the observed."
Desire for Freedom
"This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. I am not concerned whether you pay attention to what I say or not. I want to do a certain thing in the world and I am going to do...
True Criticism
"To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to that thing. You attribute a quality to an environment, to an experience, only when you want to derive something from it, when you...
A Peaceful Man
"A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man."
You Can Trust in Absolutely Nothing
"The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not. Psychologically there is nothing in the world, that you can put your faith, your trust, or your belief in. Neither your gods, nor your science can save you, can...