The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.
Interpretation
Our mental attitudes and perceptions shape the society we inhabit.
This quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti suggests that the collective psychological states of individuals contribute significantly to the formation and nature of the society they live in. It implies that societal conditions, norms, and behaviors are directly linked to the mental and emotional health of its members, emphasizing the need for self-awareness and inner change to influence positive outcomes in the community.
In practice
In a discussion on community well-being, one might quote Krishnamurti to highlight the importance of mental health.
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
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If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
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The biography of a writer - or even the autobiography - will always have this incompleteness.
If a man cannot tell what he wants to do, then he must find out what he ought to do. If desire has become complicated, then hold fast to duty.
Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.
So long as you are ready to die for humanity, the life of your country is immortal.
The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.
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