Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The first thing to realize in meditation is that there is no authority, that the mind must be completely free to examine,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Freedom comes with self-knowledge, when the mind goes above and beyond the hindrances it has created for itself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Fear is the process of the mind in the struggle of becoming. In becoming good there is the fear of evil; in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Understanding does not come through analysis;understanding comes only when the mind is very quite,unburdened,no longer seeking success and therefore being thwarted,afraid of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the pursuit of pleasure and the search for happiness. Meditation, on the contrary, is a state of mind in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
But the healing of the mind is something totally different. That healing gradually takes place if you are with nature, with that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Teaching is not the mere imparting of information but the cultivation of an inquiring mind which will penetrate into the question of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Live with it. You live with pleasure, don't you? Why don't you live with suffering completely? Can you live with it in… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You know, in the case of most of us, the mind is noisy, everlastingly chattering to itself, soliloquizing or chattering about something,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How is the mind which functions on knowledge how is the brain which is recording all the time to end, to see… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Q: I don’t really know what it means to live beautifully. In fact, I really know nothing except a few mechanical things… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The mind is a current, very deep at the centre and very shallow at the periphery—like the river that has a strong… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Words entangle. But if one can understand the whole significance of the ways of one's thought, the ways of our desires and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“I think it is always important to ask fundamental questions, but when we do ask a fundamental question, most of us are… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Routine and habit are our everyday life. Some are aware of their habits, others are not. If one becomes aware of habits—the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Meditation is the uncovering of this whole process of becoming and being—the negation of becoming in order to be. All this can… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all the things that the mind has put together. If you do that -perhaps… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As long as the mind is in conflict-blaming, resisting, condemning-there can be no understanding. If I want to understand you, I must… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Respectability is a curse; it is an "evil" that corrodes the mind and heart. It creeps upon one unknowingly and destroys love.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Surely love has nothing to do with the mind, it is not the product of the mind; love is entirely independent of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The mind finds security and strength in religious and political patterns, and this is what gives stamina to the organizations.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation demands an astonishingly alert mind; it is the understanding of the totality of life in which every form of fragmentation has… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
But our minds are bound to the yardstick of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and with that yardstick we try to inquire into… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It is only the innocent mind which knows what love is, and the innocent mind can live in the world which is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free that can look… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation - which is not blankness, nor the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the pursuit of an invisible path leading to some imaginal bliss. The meditative mind is seeing, watching, listening, without… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
And the point is, is it possible for the mind to be totally free from suffering and yet not become indifferent, callous,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
I have only one purpose: to make people free, to urge them towards freedom, to help them to break away from all limitations, for… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Whatever discipline you exercise should be based on the goal your child is eventually to reach, namely, freedom and happiness. I would show him… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Without discontentment, without revolt, you can never attain harmony. It is a necessary stage, which must be gone through by everyone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
“Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
“Meditation is like going to a well, the waters of which are inexhaustible, with a pitcher that is always empty. The pitcher can never… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time relax and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
![“Words entangle. But if one can understand the whole significance of the ways of one's thought, the ways of our desires and their pursuits and ambitions, then there is a possibility of having or understanding that which is love. But that requires an extraordinary understanding of oneself. [...]…” quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/68d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_learning_words-entangle-but-if-one-can-understand_1917392.jpg)
