"Les hommes ne peuvent rien souhaiter de mieux, pour la conservation de leur être, que cet amour de tous en toutes choses, qui fait que toutes les âmes et tous les corps ne forment, pour ainsi dire, qu’une seule âme et un seul corps ; de telle façon que tous s’efforcent, autant qu’il est en eux, de conserver leur propre être et, en même temps, de chercher ce qui peut être utile à tous ; d’où il suit que les hommes que la raison gouverne, c’est-à-dire les hommes qui cherchent ce qui leur est utile, selon les conseils de la raison, ne désirent rien pour eux-mêmes qu’ils ne désirent également pour tous les autres, et sont, par conséquent, des hommes justes, probes et honnêtes." Spinoza

"Je ramène à la Force d'âme toutes les actions résultant des affects qui se rapportent à l'Esprit, en tant qu'il comprend, et je divise cette Force d'âme en Fermeté et en Générosité. Par Fermeté j'entends un Désir par lequel un individu s'efforce sous le seul commandement de la Raison de conserver son être. Mais par Générosité j'entends un Désir par lequel un individu, sous le seul commandement de la Raison, s'efforce de seconder les autres et de se lier à eux par l'amitié." Spinoza

"Beauty is that state in which the mind has abandoned the center of self in the passion of simplicity. Simplicity has no end; and there can be simplicity only when there is an austerity which is not the outcome of calculated discipline and self-denial." J. Krihsnamurti

 

"I have long been in revolt from all things, from the authority of others, from the instruction of others, from the knowledge of others; I would not accept anything as Truth until I found the Truth myself. I never opposed the ideas of others but I would not accept their authority, their theory of life." J.Krishnamurti

"Criticism is only of value in so far as it trains your observation so that it can eventually be turned on yourself. That is the purpose of criticism. I used to criticise everyone and everything; but afterwards I turned that criticism upon myself to see if that which I criticised outside myself remained in my own heart and mind. The moment I turned that light of criticism upon myself, I began to grow, I began to destroy the unessential." J. Krishnamurti

"Creativeness comes into being when there is constant awareness of the ways of the minds, and of the hindrances it has built for itself." J.Krishnamurti

 

"So intelligence comes into being with the understanding of yourself; and you can understand yourself only in relation to the world of people, things and ideas. Intelligence is not something that you can acquire, like learning; it arises with great revolt, that is, when there is no fear - which means, really, when there is a sense of love. For when there is no fear, there is love." J.Krishnamurti

A man who loves is dangerous, and we do not want to live dangerously; we want to live efficiently, we want to live merely in the framework of organization because we think organizations are going to bring order and peace in the world. Organizations have never brought order and peace. Only love, only goodwill, only mercy can bring order and peace, ultimately and therefore now. J. Krishnamurti

"Everyone in this life has certain special circumstances which force her, urge her to mould herself to a particular pattern. The genius is a person who frees herself from those circumstances, who grows beyond them. As I wanted to be free, I had to watch all the time what circles were being drawn around me. It is very easy to follow, to be loyal to someone else, but it is much more difficult to be loyal to oneself". J.Krishnamurti