We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without an integrated understanding of life, our individual and collective problems will only deepen and extend. The purpose of education isn't to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If we could, and we must, establish a deep long abiding relationship with nature, with the actual trees, the bushes, the flowers,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is utterly and irrevocably possible to empty all hurts and, therefore, to love, to have compassion. To have compassion means to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“One was watching the other day a red-tailed hawk, high in the heavens, circling effortlessly, without a beat of the wing, just… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We are concerned, not with the development of just one capacity, such as that of a mathematician, or a scientist, or a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Of course it is better to emphasize the unity of human beings rather than to emphasize the diversity of forms, that is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There can only be a relationship between human beings when we accept what is, not what should be. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness,… — 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
Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Though we are all human beings, we have built walls between ourselves and our neighbors through nationalism, through race, caste, and class… — 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
And it is impossible to treat human beings as human beings if you label them, if you term them, if you give… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If you have no love, do what you will - go after all the gods on earth, do all the social activities,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
True education is to learn how to think, not what to think. If you know how to think, if you really have… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Relationship between human beings is based on the image-forming, defensive mechanism. In our relationships each of us builds an image about the… — 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
