“We judge others instantly by their clothes, their cars, their appearance, their race, their education, their social status. The list is endless. What gets me is that most people decide who another person is before they have even spoken to them. What's even worse is that these same people decide who someone else is, and don't even know who they are themselves.”
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“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind. When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence. So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.”
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“Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education.”
― Education and the Significance of Life: Jiddu Krishnamurti on Freedom, Self-Understanding, and Mature Love
― Education and the Significance of Life: Jiddu Krishnamurti on Freedom, Self-Understanding, and Mature Love
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
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