You are not ready to accept the fact that you have to give up. A complete and total … - U.G. Krishnamurti

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The tragedy is not so much the experience that you're having. The tragedy is that we don't take the time to understand the meaning and purpose behind what we're going through.

U.G. Krishnamurti

You are not ready to accept the fact that you have to give up. A complete and total 'surrender'. It is a state of hopelessness which says that there is no way out. Any movement in any direction, on any dimension, at any level, is taking you away from yourself.

Accept, Complete, Giving Up, Levels, Movement, Taking

Same Author Quotes

I discovered for myself and by myself that there is no self to realize -- that's the realization I am talking about. It comes as a shattering blow. It hits you like a thunderbolt. You have invested everything in one basket, self-realization, and, in the end, suddenly you discover that there is no self to discover, no self to realize -- and you say to yourself "What the hell have I been doing all my life?!" That blasts you.

Basket, Blasts, Blow, Say, Self, Talking

If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more enlightened he is, the more misery and mischief he will create for you.

Helping, Mislead, Phony, Powerful, Thinking

Thought can never capture the movement of life, it is much too slow.

Capture, Life, Movement, Slow, Thought

A guru is one who tells you to throw away all the crutches that we have been made to believe are essential for our survival. He would ask you to walk, and he would say that if you fall, you will arise and walk.

Ask, Believe, Fall, Survival, Tells

Food, clothing and shelter — these are the basic needs. Beyond that, if you want anything, it is the beginning of self-deception.

Clothing, Deception, Needs, Self, Shelter