--- title: "Best Mind Quotations by Jiddu Krishnamurti" description: "126 Mind quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti. Plus more from Jiddu Krishnamurti and more Mind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_abundance_it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-o_1617682.jpg" --- > [It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-of-knowledge-and-experience-to/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_abundance_it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-o_1617682.jpg) > [The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-soil-in-which-the-meditative-mind-can-begin-is-the-soil-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_day-life_the-soil-in-which-the-meditative-mind-ca_520199.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/only-when-the-mind-is-tranquil-through-self-knowledge-and-not-through/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_action_only-when-the-mind-is-tranquil-through-s_1547700.jpg) > [When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/when-the-mind-is-relaxed-no-longer-making-an-effort-when-it-is-quiet/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_effort_when-the-mind-is-relaxed-no-longer-makin_1908171.jpg) > [It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/it-is-only-the-dull-sleepy-mind-that-creates-and-clings-to-habit-a/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_dull_it-is-only-the-dull-sleepy-mind-that-cre_1516266.jpg) > [If I do not know reality, the unknown, how can I search for it? Surely it must come but I cannot go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/if-i-do-not-know-reality-the-unknown-how-can-i-search-for-it-surely/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_ifs_if-i-do-not-know-reality-the-unknown-how_185932.jpg) ## Other authors on Mind - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 486 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 242 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/rajneesh/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 201 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 179 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 170 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/swami-vivekananda/) - [Samuel Johnson 136 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/samuel-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gautama-buddha-37107.jpg) Gautama Buddha 118 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/gautama-buddha/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 117 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-hill-70196.jpg) Napoleon Hill 115 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/napoleon-hill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 103 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 97 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/ayn-rand/) ## More by Jiddu Krishnamurti > [A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-dialogue-is-very-important-it-is-a-form-of-communication-in-which/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [I have only one purpose: to make people free, to urge them towards freedom, to help them to break away from all limitations, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/i-have-only-one-purpose-to-make-people-free-to-urge-them-towards/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/its-beautiful-to-be-alone-to-be-alone-does-not-mean-to-be-lonely-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/knowing-the-cause-of-something-is-not-going-to-help-you-to-be-free-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Whatever discipline you exercise should be based on the goal your child is eventually to reach, namely, freedom and happiness. I would show him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/whatever-discipline-you-exercise-should-be-based-on-the-goal-your/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/begin-where-you-are-read-every-word-every-phrase-every-paragraph-of/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Without discontentment, without revolt, you can never attain harmony. It is a necessary stage, which must be gone through by everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/without-discontentment-without-revolt-you-can-never-attain-harmony-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/meditation-is-a-state-of-mind-which-looks-at-everything-with-complete/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [Learning is the very essence of humility . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/learning-is-the-very-essence-of-humility/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [We need tremendous energy to bring about a psychological change in ourselves as human beings, because we have lived far too long in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/we-need-tremendous-energy-to-bring-about-a-psychological-change-in/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [“Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/life-is-a-movement-a-constant-movement-in-relationship-and-thought/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [“Meditation is like going to a well, the waters of which are inexhaustible, with a pitcher that is always empty. The pitcher can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/meditation-is-like-going-to-a-well-the-waters-of-which-are/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [The observer is the observed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-observer-is-the-observed/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/when-we-stop-fighting-with-ourselves-we-aren-t-creating-anymore/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) > [A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/a-lily-or-a-rose-never-pretends-and-its-beauty-is-that-it-is-what-it/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/jiddu-krishnamurti/#itemlist", "name": "Best Mind Quotations by Jiddu Krishnamurti", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the beauty of existence, the struggles, the miseries, the laughter, the tears - and yet keep your mind very simple; and you can have a simple mind only when you know how to love.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-of-knowledge-and-experience-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_abundance_it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-o_1617682.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_abundance_it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-o_1617682.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9eb/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_abundance_it-is-a-great-art-to-have-an-abundance-o_1617682.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a great art to have an abundance of knowledge and experience - to know the richness of life, the…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The soil in which the meditative mind can begin is the soil of everyday life, the strife, the pain, and the fleeting joy. 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