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