When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Q: I don’t really know what it means to live beautifully. In fact, I really know nothing except a few mechanical things… — 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 when the mind is completely alone can it know what is beauty, and not in any other state. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As long as the mind is in conflict-blaming, resisting, condemning-there can be no understanding. If I want to understand you, I must… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How is the mind which functions on knowledge how is the brain which is recording all the time to end, to see… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“The mind must empty itself of all the past to become highly sensitive; and it cannot be sensitive if there is the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline? — 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
A mind that is disciplined, controlled, is free within its own pattern; but that is not freedom. The end of discipline is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The movement of search can only be from the known to the known, and all that the mind can do is to… — 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
“Routine and habit are our everyday life. Some are aware of their habits, others are not. If one becomes aware of habits—the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
But the healing of the mind is something totally different. That healing gradually takes place if you are with nature, with that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“To know the mind, must you not be aware of its activities? The mind is only experience, not just the immediate, but… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart and the body are really harmonious. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
But our minds are bound to the yardstick of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and with that yardstick we try to inquire into… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
As long as the mind is seeking to fill itself, it will always be empty. When the mind is no longer concerned… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
A conditioned mind may be inventive; it may think up new ideas, new phrases, new gadgets; it may build a dam, plan… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The word 'innocence' means 'incapable of being hurt'. To have a mind that is not capable of being hurt, does not mean… — 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
