Philosophy of Mind Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Is there a thinker apart from thought?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Analysis does not transform consciousness.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Can thought be silent?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The thought is not the thing.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Thought with its emotional and sensational content, is not love. Thought”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Silence is the break between two thoughts/noises.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Identification prevents and perverts the flow of thought-feeling.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Thought is matter as much as the floor, the wall, the telephone, are matter.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.”

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Begin where you are. Read every word, every phrase, every paragraph of the mind, as it operates through thought.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is astonishingly beautiful and interesting, how thought is absent when you have an insight. Thought cannot have an insight.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Is the ground a philosophical concept? Has mind a relationship to the ground? Is it an idea to be investigated? Is the…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Love is not of the mind, it is not in the net of thought, it cannot be sought out, cultivated, cherished; it…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Thought exists only in words, or in images. Meditation demands the most extraordinary discipline – not the discipline of suppression and conformity…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

We are asking a really fundamental question whether thought can ever be creative. If thought is not the ground of creation then…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind…

— 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

“Freedom is not an idea; a philosophy written about freedom is not freedom. Either one is free or one is not. One…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

Why is one a slave to thought ? Why has thought become so important in all our lives -thought being ideas, being…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

There is always great beauty, not of images, feeling or thought. Beauty is neither thought nor feeling; it has nothing whatsoever to…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Perception without the perceiver in meditation is to commune with the height and depth of the immense. This perception is entirely different…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own…

— 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

There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti