Society has put before you the ideal of a 'perfect man'. No matter in which culture you were born, you have scriptural doctrines and traditions handed down to you to tell you how to behave. You are told that through due practice you can even eventually come into the state attained by the sages, saints and saviors of mankind. And so you try to control your behavior, to control your thoughts, to be something unnatural.

The Mystique of Enlightenment: Conversations with U.G. Krishnamurti (ed. Smriti Books, 2005) - ISBN: 9788187967095