To bring about peace in the world, to stop all wars, there
must be a revolution in the individual, in you and me. Economic revolution
without this inward revolution is meaningless, for hunger is the result of the
maladjustment of economic conditions produced by our psychological states:
greed, envy, ill-will, and possessiveness. To put an end to sorrow, to hunger,
to war, there must be a psychological revolution, and few of us are willing to
face that.
We will discuss peace, plan legislation, create new leagues, the
United Nations and so on and on; but we will not win peace because we will not
give up our position, our authority, our money, our properties, our stupid
lives. To rely on others is utterly futile: others cannot bring us peace. No
leader is going to give us peace, no government, no army, no country.
What will
bring peace is inward transformation which will lead to outward action. Inward
transformation is not isolation, is not a withdrawal from outward action. On
the contrary, there can be right action only when there is right thinking, and
there is no right thinking when there is no self-knowledge. Without knowing
yourself, there is no peace.
—J. Krishnamurti
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