--- title: "9 Quiet Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti" description: "9 Quiet quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti. Plus more from Jiddu Krishnamurti and more Quiet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_attention_the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out_359248.jpg" --- > [The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out-if-the-mind-can-be-completely/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_attention_the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out_359248.jpg) > [You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-completely-quiet/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_inspirational_you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-compl_177179.jpg) > [It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-great-things-are-born-and-a/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_awakening_it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-gre_400991.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) > [And for this you must have quiet and solitude. But society does not allow you to have them. You must be with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/and-for-this-you-must-have-quiet-and-solitude-but-society-does-not/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_active_and-for-this-you-must-have-quiet-and-sol_1707761.jpg) > [To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/to-understand-the-totality-of-this-extraordinary-thing-called-life/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_life_to-understand-the-totality-of-this-extra_2123053.jpg) > [I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/i-do-not-know-if-you-have-ever-noticed-that-the-more-you-struggle-to/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_cease_i-do-not-know-if-you-have-ever-noticed-t_1260206.jpg) > [The origin is nameless; the origin is absolutely quiet, it is not whirring about making noise. Creation is something that is most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-origin-is-nameless-the-origin-is-absolutely-quiet-it-is-not/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_certain_the-origin-is-nameless-the-origin-is-abs_1527253.jpg) > [As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/as-we-are-concerned-with-what-others-think-of-us-so-we-are-anxious-to/) [Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_anxious_as-we-are-concerned-with-what-others-thi_2852781.jpg) ## Other authors on Quiet ## 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/quiet/jiddu-krishnamurti/#itemlist", "name": "9 Quiet Quotes By Jiddu Krishnamurti", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out-if-the-mind-can-be-completely/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_attention_the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out_359248.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_attention_the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out_359248.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_attention_the-very-attention-given-to-finding-out_359248.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-completely-quiet/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_inspirational_you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-compl_177179.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_inspirational_you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-compl_177179.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_inspirational_you-can-look-only-when-the-mind-is-compl_177179.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through effort, through control, through discipline.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jiddu Krishnamurti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-great-things-are-born-and-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_awakening_it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-gre_400991.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_awakening_it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-gre_400991.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e4/jiddu-krishnamurti-249_awakening_it-is-only-in-a-very-quiet-mind-that-gre_400991.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through…” — Jiddu Krishnamurti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When the mind is relaxed, no longer making an effort, when it is quiet for just a few seconds, then the problem reveals itself and it is solved. 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