To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I am life. I have no name. I am as the fresh breeze of the mountains. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To bring about a fundamental, radical revolution, we must begin with ourselves. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.” — 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
Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Charity is unconscious of itself, there is no accumulation first and then distribution. It is like the flower - natural, open, spontaneous. — 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
“We want to make life permanent, but in doing so we go against nature, and there lies our pain. Only the mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I should say that all compromise is a "stepping down" of the Truth, is trying to reduce something which cannot be reduced,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are… — 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
Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Most of us are frightened of dying because we don't know what it meant to live.We don't know how to live,therefore we… — 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
By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity, we do not encourage their inquiry, for… — 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
What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It is so much easier to throw oneself into social and political activity than to understand life as a whole; to be… — 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
The fact is there is nothing that you can trust; and that is a terrible fact, whether you like it or not.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To revolt within society in order to make it a little better, to bring about certain reforms, is like the revolt of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Solitude is one thing and being alone is another. Solitude can be isolation, an escape, an unwanted thing; but to be alone… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Innocence alone can be passionate. The innocent have no sorrow, no suffering, though they have had a thousand experiences. It is not… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
So let us decide whether you want a shelter, a safety zone, which will no longer yield conflict, whether you want to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“One of our difficulties is that we like explanations rather than facts. We accept the explanations, the logic, the reasons of journalists… — 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
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
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. — 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
Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The description is not the described; I can describe the mountain, but the description is not the mountain, and if you are… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it… — 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
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
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
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
Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
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
Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
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
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
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
“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
“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
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… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share
