Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

• Where we suffer we have made it into a personal affair. we shut out the suffering of mankind.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Analysis does not transform consciousness.

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  Tags in Analysis, Transformation

• Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Imitation

• It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Inspirational, Joy, Past

  Tags in New, Forgiveness

• We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young – not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age – and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Inspirational

  Tags in Solitude, Meditation, Self

• Identification with the rag called the national flag is an emotional and sentimental factor and for that factor you are willing to kill another – and that is called, the love of your country, love of the neighbor . . .? One can see that where sentiment and emotion come in, love is not.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Be a light unto oneself.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity.
  If there’s no relationship with nature then you become a killer;
  then you kill baby seals, whales, dolphins, and man
  either for gain, for “sport,” for food, or for knowledge.
  Then nature is frightened of you, withdrawing its beauty.
  You may take long walks in the woods or camp in lovely places
  but you are a killer and so lose their friendship.
  You probably are not related to anything to your wife or your husband.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Knowledge

  Tags in Imitation, Autonomy

• Being well adjusted to a sick society is not an indication of health.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Spirituality

  Tags in Philosophy

• Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Learning, Teaching, Competition

• One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

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  Topics in Fear

  Tags in Unknown

• If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem.

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• To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still.

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  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Meditation, Mind

• I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. … The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• The following of authority is the denial of intelligence…& in the process, self-knowledge & freedom are abandoned.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

• The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Fear

• Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.

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• When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love. Love is the missing factor; there is a lack of affection, of warmth in relationship; and because we lack that love, that tenderness, that generosity, that mercy in relationship, we escape into mass action which produces further confusion, further misery. We fill our hearts with blueprints for world reform and do not look to that one resolving factor which is love.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Topics in Life

Jiddu Krishnamurti (62)

Birth:	1895
Death:	1986
Nationality:	Indian
Profession:	Philosopher

About

Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India. He was an Indian philosopher, public speaker and author. His subject matter included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. Krishnamurti's teachings have had an influence on the thoughts of several notable public figures, including Kahlil Gibran, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, Bruce Lee, Jackson Pollock, David Bohm, Deepak Chopra, Indira Gandhi, and Eckhart Tolle. He wrote several books include: Education and the significance of life, The First and Last Freedom, Life Ahead, The Only Revolution, The Flight of the Eagle, The awakening of intelligence, Krishnamurti's Notebook, The ending of time (with David Bohm), On Love and Loneliness, On relationship, On fear, and The book of life. He established Krishnamurti foundations in the United States, Britain, India, Spain, and Canada to further his aims. His death at his home in Ojai, California, USA.

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