Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. Jiddu Krishnamurti suppressing running-away fear Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action. Jiddu Krishnamurti mirrors self ideas You may repeat the most marvelous poems. And that is not worth a cent if you don't live it. Jiddu Krishnamurti cents spiritual may Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Jiddu Krishnamurti journey spiritual book You can look only when the mind is completely quiet. Jiddu Krishnamurti mind quiet looks Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails. Jiddu Krishnamurti spiritual may men The reality of truth is not to be bought, to be sold, to be repeated; it cannot be caught in books. It has to be found from moment to moment, in the smile, in the tear, under the dead leaf, in the vagrant thought, in the fullness of love. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love book While one is young is the time to investigate, to experiment with everything. The school should help its young people to discover their vocations and responsibilities, and not merely cram their minds with facts and technical knowledge; it should be the soil in which they can grow without fear, happily and integrally. Jiddu Krishnamurti responsibility people school The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is explosion of intelligence. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life Clever people, people who are cunning, do not know what love is because their minds are so sharp, because they are so clever, because they are so superficial - which means to be on the surface, and love is not a thing that exists on the surface. Jiddu Krishnamurti clever love-is mean You cannot lay down a standard which all must follow. Jiddu Krishnamurti lays standards Surely, it is only when the mind is creatively empty that it is capable of finding out whether there is an ultimate reality or not. But, the mind is never creatively empty; it is always acquiring, always gathering, living on the past or in the future, or trying to be focused in the immediate present: it is never in that state of creativeness in which a new thing can take place. As the mind is a result of time, it cannot possibly understand that which is timeless, eternal. Jiddu Krishnamurti mind reality past True understanding is possible only when we are fully conscious of our thought, not as an operative observer on this thought, but completely and without the intervention of a choice. Jiddu Krishnamurti understanding choices spiritual When you once see something as false which you have accepted as true, as natural, as human, then you can never go back to it. Jiddu Krishnamurti disillusionment accepted natural You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free. Jiddu Krishnamurti envy noble overcoming You yourself are the teacher, and the pupil, you're the master, you're the guru, you are the leader, you are everything! And, to understand is to transform what is. Jiddu Krishnamurti leader guru teacher Truth is a pathless land. Jiddu Krishnamurti heroic land hero Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance. Jiddu Krishnamurti importance form expression When I said that I am the Buddha, the Christ, the Lord Maitreya, and more, it was not a question of superiority or inferiority. I added that phrase 'and more' very carefully, because I knew that people had a very limited understanding of the Buddha and the Christ, and hence if I said: 'I am the Christ, the Buddha', they would limit that Reality to their own conceptions of the Buddha or the Christ, and Life has no limit. Jiddu Krishnamurti understanding reality people The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned. Jiddu Krishnamurti cover-ups denial self