“Thought with its emotional and sensational content, is not love. Thought” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Identification prevents and perverts the flow of thought-feeling. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Is the ground a philosophical concept? Has mind a relationship to the ground? Is it an idea to be investigated? Is the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
It is astonishingly beautiful and interesting, how thought is absent when you have an insight. Thought cannot have an insight. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There is no partial sensitivity; either it is the state of one's whole being, total consciousness or it is not there at… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge. — 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
“Thought exists only in words, or in images. Meditation demands the most extraordinary discipline – not the discipline of suppression and conformity… — 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
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
“But there's a sacredness which is not of thought, nor of a feeling resuscitated by thought. It is not recognizable by thought… — 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
True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
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 is empty, silent, when it is in a state of complete negation - which is not blankness, nor the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Freedom is not an idea; a philosophy written about freedom is not freedom. Either one is free or one is not. One… — 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
There is always great beauty, not of images, feeling or thought. Beauty is neither thought nor feeling; it has nothing whatsoever to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Why is one a slave to thought ? Why has thought become so important in all our lives -thought being ideas, being… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“It is really extraordinarily interesting to watch the operation of one’s own thinking, just to observe how one thinks, where that reaction… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
And the fear of not being is born in that space. But in meditation, when this is understood, the mind can enter… — 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
“All that we have invented, the symbols in the church, the rituals, they are all put there by thought. Thought has invented… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have? — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Without understanding the process of the self, there is no bais for thought, there is no basis for right thinking. — 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
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
