The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Teaching is not the mere imparting of knowledge but the cultivation of an inquiring mind. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
That is, when the mind ceases to create, then there is creation. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Only when the mind is completely alone can it know what is beauty, and not in any other state. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The individual problem is the world problem. Therefore let us return to the problem of individual perfection and the establishing of peace… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is… — 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
Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Freedom comes with self-knowledge, when the mind goes above and beyond the hindrances it has created for itself. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Fear is the process of the mind in the struggle of becoming. In becoming good there is the fear of evil; in… — 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
Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and… — 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
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
And the point is, is it possible for the mind to be totally free from suffering and yet not become indifferent, callous,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
We want the children to conform; we want to control their minds, to shape their conduct, their way of living, so that… — 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
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
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
While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Find out what it means to die - not physically, that's inevitable - but to die to everything that is known, to… — 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
“Probably you consider the body is not at all important. I’ve seen you eat, and you eat as if you were feeding… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“In order to observe the movement of your own mind and heart, of your whole being, you must have a free mind,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The Hindu, the Oriental, says that the physical is but the shadow of the Eternal, of the Truth; and he says 'In… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There is no ideal in observation. When you have an ideal, you cease to observe, you are then merely approximating the present… — 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
Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The difference between me and you is... that I don't mind what happens. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Only the mind that has emptied itself of the known is creative. That is creation. What it creates has nothing to do… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Can the mind see the truth of its own incapacity to know the unknown? Surely if I see very clearly that my… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Truth is something which you must see immediately, and to see something clearly you must give your heart, mind and whole being. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it… — 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
