A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti It is very difficult to be like the other guy, to be ordinary. Mediocrity takes a great deal of energy. But to be ourselves is very easy. You don't have to do a thing. Jiddu Krishnamurti being-yourself guy energy Ugliness and evil are necessary for growth but they may be experienced vicariously. Jiddu Krishnamurti growth evil may What sex gives you momentarily is the total abandonment of yourself, then you are back again with your turmoil, so you want a repetition over and over again of that state in which there is no worry, no problem, no self. Jiddu Krishnamurti self giving sex A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life To understand the present with its full, rich significance, the mind must free itself from the habit of self-protecting acquisition; when it is utterly naked, then there is immortality. Jiddu Krishnamurti naked self mind Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are. Jiddu Krishnamurti mirrors self wish 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. Jiddu Krishnamurti unreal yoga wish Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. Jiddu Krishnamurti atheism atheist mind Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased. Jiddu Krishnamurti real teacher inspirational It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. We have lost it, or we have never had it; and, because we do not know how to judge anything, we have been led here and pushed there, beaten up, driven, politically, religiously and socially. We don't know, but it is difficult to say we don't know. Jiddu Krishnamurti driven sick judging Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'. Jiddu Krishnamurti discipline mind mean Religion becomes a matter of belief, and belief acts as a limitation on the mind; and the mind then is never free. But it is only in freedom that you can find out what is true, what is God, not through any belief; because your belief projects what you think God ought to be, what you think ought to be true. If you believe God is love, God is good, God is this or that, your very belief prevents you from understanding what is God, what is true. Jiddu Krishnamurti powerful believe thinking If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. Jiddu Krishnamurti philosophical trying inspirational Most people like to live in illusions. Jiddu Krishnamurti awakening spiritual people In awareness there is no becoming, there is no end to be gained. There is silent observation without choice and condemnation, from which there comes understanding. Jiddu Krishnamurti understanding choices meditation To come upon love without seeking it is the only way to find it. Jiddu Krishnamurti seeking way Truth is more in the process than in the result. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect ... Your have to be your own teacher and your own disciple. You have to question everything that man has accepted as valuable, as necessary. Jiddu Krishnamurti land teacher men
