--- title: "4 Contradiction Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti" description: "4 Contradiction quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti. Plus more from Jiddu Krishnamurti and more Contradiction sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_contradiction_if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-d_968265.jpg" --- > [If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-do-and-give-your-whole-life-to/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_contradiction_if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-d_968265.jpg) > [You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/you-only-learn-when-you-give-your-whole-being-to-something-when-you/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_accumulation_you-only-learn-when-you-give-your-whole_2001929.jpg) > [If you would listen, sir, in the sense of being aware of your conflicts and contradictions without forcing them into any particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/if-you-would-listen-sir-in-the-sense-of-being-aware-of-your-conflicts/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/332/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_conflict_if-you-would-listen-sir-in-the-sense-of_2038690.jpg) > [...Choice in every form is conflict. Contradiction is inevitable in choice; this contradiction, inner and outer breeds confusion and misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/choice-in-every-form-is-conflict-contradiction-is-inevitable-in/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b62/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_choice_choice-in-every-form-is-conflict-contrad_2248512.jpg) ## Other authors on Contradiction - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/ayn-rand/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-merton-90507.jpg) Thomas Merton 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/thomas-merton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hume-27582.jpg) David Hume 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/david-hume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-paine-90547.jpg) Thomas Paine 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/thomas-paine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terence-mckenna-89395.jpg) Terence McKenna 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/terence-mckenna/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mao-zedong-63096.jpg) Mao Zedong 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/mao-zedong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erich-fromm-33632.jpg) Erich Fromm 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/erich-fromm/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simone-weil-85539.jpg) Simone Weil 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/simone-weil/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Jiddu Krishnamurti > [A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-dialogue-is-very-important-it-is-a-form-of-communication-in-which/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [I have only one purpose: to make people free, to urge them towards freedom, to help them to break away from all limitations, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/i-have-only-one-purpose-to-make-people-free-to-urge-them-towards/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/its-beautiful-to-be-alone-to-be-alone-does-not-mean-to-be-lonely-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/knowing-the-cause-of-something-is-not-going-to-help-you-to-be-free-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Whatever discipline you exercise should be based on the goal your child is eventually to reach, namely, freedom and happiness. I would show him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/whatever-discipline-you-exercise-should-be-based-on-the-goal-your/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/begin-where-you-are-read-every-word-every-phrase-every-paragraph-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Without discontentment, without revolt, you can never attain harmony. It is a necessary stage, which must be gone through by everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/without-discontentment-without-revolt-you-can-never-attain-harmony-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/meditation-is-a-state-of-mind-which-looks-at-everything-with-complete/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Learning is the very essence of humility . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/learning-is-the-very-essence-of-humility/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/we-need-tremendous-energy-to-bring-about-a-psychological-change-in/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [“Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/life-is-a-movement-a-constant-movement-in-relationship-and-thought/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [“Meditation is like going to a well, the waters of which are inexhaustible, with a pitcher that is always empty. The pitcher can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/meditation-is-like-going-to-a-well-the-waters-of-which-are/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [The observer is the observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-observer-is-the-observed/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/when-we-stop-fighting-with-ourselves-we-aren-t-creating-anymore/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-lily-or-a-rose-never-pretends-and-its-beauty-is-that-it-is-what-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/jiddu-krishnamurti/#itemlist", "name": "4 Contradiction Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-do-and-give-your-whole-life-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_contradiction_if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-d_968265.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_contradiction_if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-d_968265.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_contradiction_if-you-find-out-what-it-is-you-love-to-d_968265.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You only learn when you give your whole being to something. 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