"And the idea of ourselves is our escape……" — Jiddu Krishnamurti

"And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are."

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

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473 Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Jiddu Krishnamurti has 473 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a…
When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation,…
Without freedom, there is no creation.
As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and…
Now, is it possible not to be hurt at all? Because the consequences of being hurt are the building of…
To know yourself you need not go to any book, to any priest, to any psychologist. The whole treasure is…
It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child.
Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of…
Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great…
Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture…
The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.
In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and…

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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death,… — Aristotle
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason… — Billie Joe Armstrong
Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact… — Antonin Artaud
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in… — Marcus Aurelius
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,… — Diane Ackerman
In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed...… — David Bailey
When you read a great book, you don't escape from life, you plunge deeper into it. — Julian Barnes
We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay. — Lynda Barry
There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it. — Roland Barthes
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. — Henry Ward Beecher

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