“The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living.”

—  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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1970s, The Urgency of Change (1970)
Context: The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living. Is goodness individual or collective, is love personal or impersonal, is intelligence yours, mine or somebody else? If it is yours or mine then it is not intelligence, or love, or goodness. If goodness is an affair of the individual or of the collective, according to one's particular preference or decision, then it is no longer goodness.

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