To understand oneself, one needs enormous pliability, and that pliability is denied when we specialize in devotion, in action, in knowledge. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)

To understand oneself, one needs enormous pliability, and that pliability is denied when we specialize in devotion, in action, in knowledge.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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