The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know. - U. G. Krishnamurti

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The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know.

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About U. G. Krishnamurti

Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (July 9, 1918 – March 22, 2007), better known as U.G. Krishnamurti, or just U.G., was a speaker and philosopher, often known as an "anti-guru" or as "the man who refused to be a guru."

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Alternative Names: Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti
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Nobody knows anything about life and there is NO point in defining life.

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