Action Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

What is correct action in a deteriorating world?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditation is the action of silence.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Compassion being action without motive, without self-interest, without any sense of fear, without any sense of pleasure.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is not first understanding and then action. When you understand, that very understanding is action.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Action has meaning only in relationship, and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Only when the mind is tranquil-through self-knowledge and not through imposed self-discipline-only then, in that tranquillity, in that silence, can reality come…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Without love there is no art. When the artist is playing beautifully there is no 'me; there is love and beauty, and…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Where there is love, do what you will, it will be right action. It will never bring conflict to one's life. In…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To be whole, nonfragmented in action, in life, in every kind of relationship, that is the very essence of sanity. Sanity means…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Relationship is action, is it not? Action has meaning only in relationship; without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Fear begins and ends with the desire to be secure; inward and outward security, with the desire to be certain, to have…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I think one has to understand, not as a theory, not as a speculative, entertaining concept, but rather as an actual fact…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worse and not the better, why hate rather…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living. Is goodness individual…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

In this country, unfortunately, as all over the world, we care so little, we have no deep feeling about anything. Most of…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

And the fear of not being is born in that space. But in meditation, when this is understood, the mind can enter…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Action has meaning only in relationship and without understanding relationship, action on any level will only breed conflict. The understanding of relationship…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti