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If you set out to meditate, it will not be meditation. If you set out to be good, goodness will never flower.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Age: 90 †
Born: 1895
Born: May 12
Died: 1986
Died: February 17
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You want to be loved because you do not love but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
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The ending is the beginning, and the beginning is the first step, and the first step is the only step.
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