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
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
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
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
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
“The mind that is accumulating is frightened to die, and such a mind can never discover what is truth. But to a… — 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
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
Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all the things that the mind has put together. If you do that -perhaps… — 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
“I think it is always important to ask fundamental questions, but when we do ask a fundamental question, most of us are… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“You will know love when the mind is very still and free from its search for gratification and escapes. First, the mind… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Words entangle. But if one can understand the whole significance of the ways of one's thought, the ways of our desires and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
How very important it is to bring about in the human mind the radical revolution. The crisis is a crisis in consciousness,… — 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