All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

U.G. Krishnamurti

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Topic

Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Unhappiness

Author

U.G. Krishnamurti

Source

Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Call U. G. 1988

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher

From

India Asia

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Citation

Krishnamurti, U. G. Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G. Dinesh, 1988.

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To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

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Language
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Time
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Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

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Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

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Time
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Citation

Valéry, Paul. Quoted in Robert Irwin: A Way to Look at Things by Not Forgetting Their Names, written by Adrian Kohn. c. 1982.