Men Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Happy is the man who is nothing.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The ambitious man has never found his true vocation.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If there is no meditation, then you are like a blind man in a world of great beauty, light and colour.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Look what is happening in the world - we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect ... Your…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge:…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

What brings understanding is love. When your heart is full, then you will listen to the teacher, to the beggar, to the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Goodness has no opposite. Most of us consider goodness as the opposite of the bad or evil and so throughout history in…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

When there is love, there is no duty. When you love your wife, you share everything with her-your property, your trouble, your…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

There you have the two extremes: the man that is concerned mainly with the hidden life, and the man who seriously concerns…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Of course it is better to emphasize the unity of human beings rather than to emphasize the diversity of forms, that is…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The man who is not frightened of life is not frightened of being completely insecure for he understands that inwardly, psychologically, there…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free who can look…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

And the fear of not being is born in that space. But in meditation, when this is understood, the mind can enter…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

This is no magnificent deed, because I do not want followers, and I mean this. The moment you follow someone you cease…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Creative knows the great beginnings. The Receptive completes the finished things. The Creative is decided and therefore shows to men the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The man-made laws have been made by men who have not perceived the final goal towards which they are making. And that…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

In the space which thought creates around itself there is no love. This space divides man from man, and in it is…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Whether we call ourselves communists or capitalists, Hindus or Buddhists, Moslems or Christians, whether we are blind, lame, well or happy, this…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti