Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
The crisis is not in the outward technological advancement, but rather in the way we think, and the way we live, and the way we feel. I think that is where a revolution must take place.
Freedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. . Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.
Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
People must work things out for themselves. It is no good saying, "I have found a house which suits me and therefore everybody must adopt the same kind of house."
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
Though we are all human beings, we have built walls between ourselves and our neighbors through nationalism, through race, caste, and class - which again breeds isolation, loneliness.
There is no such thing as living alone, for all living is relationship; but to live without direct relationship demands high intelligence, a swifter and greater awareness for self-discovery.
You cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere.
Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?
One must know oneself as one is, not as one wishes to be, which is merely an ideal and therefore fictitious, unreal; it is only that which is that can be transformed, not that which you wish to be.
The beauty of meditation is that you never know where you are, where you are going, what the end is.
Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence.
Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.
When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.
Where there is love, there is revolution, because love is transformation from moment to moment.
You may be reborn a thousand times, but you can never know the real, for only that which dies, that which comes to an end, can renew itself.
It is more important to find out what you are giving to society than to ask what is the right means of livelihood.
Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
We shall quench our thirst, for we shall drink deep at the bubbling fountain of Wisdom.
When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.
Most of us waste our energy through chattering - endlessly chattering, gossiping, criticising, backbiting.
The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.
