Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Human beings, each one, right through the world, go through great agonies, the more sensitive, the more alert, the more observant, the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If there is no order in your relationship with your wife, with your husband, with your children, with your neighbour - whether… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
From these prejudices there arises conflict, transient joys and suffering. But we are unconscious of this, unconscious that we are slaves to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Sorrow is not in death but in loneliness, and conflict comes when you seek consolation, forgetfullness, explanations, and illusions. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If you leave the pool you have dug for yourself and go out into the river of life then life has an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In our relationship with children and young people, we are not dealing with mechanical devices that can be quickly repaired, but with… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for… — 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
In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I was supremely happy, for I had seen. Nothing could ever be the same. I have drunk at the clear and pure… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You are Christians; find out what is true and false in Christianity - and you will then find out what is true.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
So let us decide whether you want a shelter, a safety zone, which will no longer yield conflict, whether you want to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw… — 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
