One of the functions of thought is to be occupied all the time with something. Most of us want to have our… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Let the mind be empty, and not filled with the things of the mind. Then there is only meditation, and not a… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Only when the mind is tranquil-through self-knowledge and not through imposed self-discipline-only then, in that tranquillity, in that silence, can reality come… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not the pursuit of pleasure and the search for happiness. Meditation, on the contrary, is a state of mind in… — 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
Live with it. You live with pleasure, don't you? Why don't you live with suffering completely? Can you live with it in… — 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
Awareness is that state of mind which takes in everything-the crows flying across the sky, the flowers on the trees, the people… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free who can look… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You know, in the case of most of us, the mind is noisy, everlastingly chattering to itself, soliloquizing or chattering about something,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation - which is not blankness, nor the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free that can look… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free.… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Learning in the true sense of the word is possible only in that state of attention, in which there is no outer… — 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
When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Teaching is not the mere imparting of information but the cultivation of an inquiring mind which will penetrate into the question of… — 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
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
