Simplicity by Krishnamurti

-"Simplicity can come into being only when we begin to understand the significance of self-knowledge"

-"We are like prisoners. Inwardly we are prisoners, though outwardly we seem to be very simple. Inwardly we are prisoners to our desires, to our wants, to our ideals, to innumerable motivations. Simplicity cannot be found unless one is free inwardly. Therefore, it must begin inwardly, not outwardly"

-"What one is inwardly always overcomes the outer".

-"The inward simplicity creates sensitivity".

-"Compulsion of any kind can never lead to simplicity"

-"When one is seeking security, one is obviously in a state of fear and therefore there is no simplicity"

-"There must be no inward reservation, there must be an eagerness to find out, to inquire into the process of our being, which means to be awake to every intimation, to every hint"

-"It is only through direct experience that our problems are solved, and to have direct experience there must be simplicity, which means there must be sensitivity"

-"The one who is inwardly simple, who is not becoming anything, is capable of extraordinary receptivity because there is not barrier, there is not fear, there is not going towards something; therefore is capable of receiving grace, God, truth"

-"We have to be aware to have the capacity to understand the process of our own thinking, to be cognizant of ourselves totally"