--- title: "4 Dogma Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti" description: "4 Dogma quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti. Plus more from Jiddu Krishnamurti and more Dogma sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_creeds_life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-w_269696.jpg" --- > [Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and dogmas and creeds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-when-you-bind-life-by-all/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_creeds_life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-w_269696.jpg) > [We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggressive-when-we-hold-on-to-a/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_aggressive_we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggr_1495565.jpg) > [A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-and-a-mind-that-is-filled-with/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_art_a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-an_2298295.jpg) > [True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/true-education-is-to-learn-how-to-think-not-what-to-think-if-you-know/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e83/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_being-free_true-education-is-to-learn-how-to-think_2732464.jpg) ## Other authors on Dogma - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bertrand-russell-17477.jpg) Bertrand Russell 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/bertrand-russell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gilbert-k-chesterton-38545.jpg) Gilbert K. Chesterton 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/gilbert-k-chesterton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sam-harris-82504.jpg) Sam Harris 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/sam-harris/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-green-ingersoll-79794.jpg) Robert Green Ingersoll 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/robert-green-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-rock-cowles-2590.jpg) Rock Cowles 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/rock-cowles/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-robert-g-ingersoll-4527.jpg) Robert G. Ingersoll 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/robert-g-ingersoll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-g-k-chesterton-224.jpg) G.K. Chesterton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/g-k-chesterton/) ## 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/dogma/jiddu-krishnamurti/#itemlist", "name": "4 Dogma Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and dogmas and creeds, then there is misery.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-when-you-bind-life-by-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_creeds_life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-w_269696.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_creeds_life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-w_269696.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_creeds_life-is-a-joyous-thing-essentially-but-w_269696.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is a joyous thing essentially, but when you bind life by all these rigid moralities and traditions, and…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with the rag that is called the flag.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggressive-when-we-hold-on-to-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_aggressive_we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggr_1495565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_aggressive_we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggr_1495565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_aggressive_we-are-very-defensive-and-therefore-aggr_1495565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations is really an uncreative mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-and-a-mind-that-is-filled-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_art_a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-an_2298295.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_art_a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-an_2298295.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_art_a-cup-is-useful-only-when-it-is-empty-an_2298295.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. 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