One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal;… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are. — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You may wish that some parts of (your face) were different, but the actual fact is shown in the mirror. Now, can… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
There are laws in some countries, I believe, which prohibit anyone from following you in the street, and if someone does, he… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere. — 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
