Living is not this tawdry, mediocre, disciplined thing which we call our existence. Living is something entirely different; it is abundantly rich,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Do you know what intelligence is? It is the capacity, surely, to think freely, without fear, without a formula, so that you… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the pursuit of an invisible path leading to some imaginal bliss. The meditative mind is seeing, watching, listening, without… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You also want to know if there is something more than mere physical existence, do you not? This ceaseless round of going… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Energy functioning in a pattern becomes matter. That is all life is ... Matter and energy are interrelated. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You are going to be educated. I don’t know why, but you are going to be. And then what? Lead a comfortable… — 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
But if you have no relationship with the living things on this earth, you may lose whatever relationship you have with humanity. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The average person wastes his life. He has a great deal of energy but he wastes it. The life of an average… — 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
Have you ever asked yourselves what you are going to do when you grow up? In all likelihood you will get married,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Woe beside those who live by way of examples! Life is not with them. If you live according to an example, you… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“I think it is always important to ask fundamental questions, but when we do ask a fundamental question, most of us are… — 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
The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living. Is goodness individual… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot… — 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
