“To follow implies not only the denying of one's own clarity, investigation, integrity and honesty, but it also implies that your motive in following is reward. Truth is not a reward.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

4th Public Talk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (19 May 1968)
1960s

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