"Wanting has to go. Wanting to be free from something that … - U. G. Krishnamurti

"Wanting has to go. Wanting to be free from something that is not there is what you call "sorrow.” Wanting to be free from sorrow is sorrow. There is no other sorrow. You don't want to be free from sorrow. You just think about sorrow, without acting. Your thinking endlessly about being free from sorrow is only more material for sorrow. Thinking does not put an end to sorrow. Sorrow is there for you as long as you think. There is actually no sorrow there to be free from. Thinking about and struggling against "sorrow" is sorrow. Since you can't stop thinking, and thinking is sorrow, you will always suffer. There is no way out, no escape.

U. G. Krishnamurti

Mind Is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U.G. · November 19, 2009 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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