Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Life in the savage appears different from the life that dwells in you, different in its expression, but it is all one… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent.… — 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
Freedom of life does not mean disorder of life, does not mean chaos, and just everyone doing anything he wants. That is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
After all, conflict arises, does it not, through the desire to be something, to be other than what is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
One does not concern oneself with the expressions, but rather with life. You are looking at life through the wrong end of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The intellect is not the means of creation, and creation does not take place through the functioning of the intellect; on the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The Hindu, the Oriental, says that the physical is but the shadow of the Eternal, of the Truth; and he says 'In… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Does life continue beyond the door? The fulfilment of life is not annihilation - on the contrary - I am much more… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It does not matter what you call the gaoler so long as he has the key that will open the door of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Yoga exercises are excellent; the speaker does them every day, for an hour or more; but that is merely physical exercise, to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Why is one a slave to thought ? Why has thought become so important in all our lives -thought being ideas, being… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
And for this you must have quiet and solitude. But society does not allow you to have them. You must be with… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Why does the brain retain the memory of the hurt from yesterday? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As the world has to attain the fulfilment of eternal life, to me it does not in the least matter what I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Understanding does not come through analysis;understanding comes only when the mind is very quite,unburdened,no longer seeking success and therefore being thwarted,afraid of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the wind blows across the various continents, it does not bring with it the nationalities of the countries through which it… — 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
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
When an artist paints a picture he does not want you to consider his personality as represented in that picture - he… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Does a human being know the responsibility he has to himself and to all of mankind — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As long as the mind is seeking to fill itself, it will always be empty. When the mind is no longer concerned… — 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
It does not in the least concern me whether I shall have at the end of my life thirty people who understand… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
