“The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know.”

— U.G. Krishnamurti

Source: No Way Out (2002), Ch. 7: What Kind Of Human Being Do You Want?
Context: The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know. All these therapies, all these techniques, religious or otherwise, are only perpetuating the agony of man.

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