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Learning in the true sense of the word is possible only in that state of attention, in which there is no outer or inner compulsion. Right thinking can come about only when the mind is not enslaved by tradition and memory.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning (1963)

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The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living.

The Urgency of Change (1970)

There is inattention and rare attention and we are trying to bridge the one to the other.

As a tree that is not pliable breaks in the storm, so a man who has specialized breaks down in moments of crisis.

The very nature of intelligence is sensitivity, and this sensitivity is love.

Letters to the Schools (1981)

Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" — there is only observation taking place.

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