Because we are inwardly empty, dull, mediocre, we use our relationships and our social reforms as a means of escaping from ourselves. I wonder if you have noticed how lonely most people are?

Jiddu Krishnamurti in Think on These Things

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Jiddu Krishnamurti ( JID-oo KRISH-nə-MOOR-tee; 11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) was an Indian spiritual speaker and writer. Adopted by members of the Theosophical tradition as a child because of his aura as perceived by Theosophic leader Charles Leadbetter, "without a particle of selfishness in it," he was raised...

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