To bring about a fundamental, radical revolution, we must begin with ourselves. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The demand to be safe in a relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office. — 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
You may be ignorant of all the books in the world, and I hope you are, of all the latest theories, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Truth is something which you must see immediately, and to see something clearly you must give your heart, mind and whole being. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our life with furniture, with music, with knowledge,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Through self-knowledge you begin to find out what is God, what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In self-knowledge… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You can be creative only when there is abandonment-which means, really, there is no sense of compulsion, no fear of not being,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There are laws in some countries, I believe, which prohibit anyone from following you in the street, and if someone does, he… — 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
You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Real freedom is not something to be acquired, it is the outcome of intelligence. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Intelligence is not discernment and judgment or critical evaluation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We choose our leaders, political or spiritual, out of our own confusion, and so they also are confused. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Energy functioning in a pattern becomes matter. That is all life is ... Matter and energy are interrelated. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Our conflict is in relationship, at all levels of our existence; and the understanding of this relationship, completely and extensively, is the… — 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
Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting. — 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
To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that… — 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
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
