Whole Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is within yourself.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If I do not understand myself, the whole complexity of myself, I have no basis for thinking.

— 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

To be whole, nonfragmented in action, in life, in every kind of relationship, that is the very essence of sanity. Sanity means…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Through self-knowledge you begin to find out what is God, what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In self-knowledge…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I do not think that you can try and systematize education for the whole world. I would try experiments in small communities…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Without total freedom, every perception, every objective regard, is twisted. It is only the man who is totally free that can look…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness; the self is a book of many volumes which you cannot read in a day,…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I think one has to understand, not as a theory, not as a speculative, entertaining concept, but rather as an actual fact…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

I do not know if you have ever noticed that the more you struggle to understand, the less you understand any problem.…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

If we try to listen we find it extraordinarily difficult, because we are always projecting our opinions and ideas, our prejudices, our…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

To concentrate is not to meditate, even though that is what most of you do, calling it meditation. And if concentration is…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

You cannot ask which system is the better because you cannot standardize one system for the whole of the world. You cannot…

— 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…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti