Insights Into Education Quotes

“we have to fundamentally tackle the problem of what education is. Is it merely to teach a technique so that the young person will have a job? Or is it to create an atmosphere of true freedom?—not to do what one likes, but freedom to cultivate that intelligence which will meet every experience, every conditioning influence, meet it, understand it, and go beyond it. That requires a great deal of perception, a great deal of insight and intelligence on the part of each one of us. But we are all so frightened because we want to be secure. The moment we seek security, the shadow of fear is cast, and in trying to overcome that fear we further condition ourselves, we condition our minds and create a society which is bound to limit our thinking. And the more efficient a society becomes, the more conditioned it is.”
― J. Krishnamurti, Insights Into Education: Bringing About A Totally New Mind