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
Do you know that even when you look at a tree and say, 'That is an oak tree', or 'that is a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Let the mind be empty, and not filled with the things of the mind. Then there is only meditation, and not a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The word 'innocence' means 'incapable of being hurt'. To have a mind that is not capable of being hurt, does not mean… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“To know the mind, must you not be aware of its activities? The mind is only experience, not just the immediate, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“But you see, most of us are concerned with revolt within the prison; we want better food, a little more light, a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The mind must empty itself of all the past to become highly sensitive; and it cannot be sensitive if there is the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“A mind that is free of any distortion is really the true religious mind, not a mind that goes to the temple,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When we stop fighting with ourselves, we aren't creating anymore conflict in our mind. Then our mind can for the first time… — 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
