“Thought creates frontiers everywhere.”

—  U.G. Krishnamurti

Source: No Way Out (2002), Ch. 7: What Kind Of Human Being Do You Want?
Context: Thought creates frontiers everywhere. That's all it can do.... it is thought that has created the world; and you draw lines on this planet, "This is my country, that is your country". So how can there be unity between two countries? The very thing that is creating the frontiers and differences cannot be the means to bridge the different viewpoints. It is an exercise in futility.

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