Joy is something entirely different from pleasure. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth men culture Look at that battle you are involved in; you are caught in it: you are it. Jiddu Krishnamurti caught battle looks A man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind. Jiddu Krishnamurti party men country So let us decide whether you want a shelter, a safety zone, which will no longer yield conflict, whether you want to escape from the present conflict to enter a condition in which there shall be no conflict; or whether you are unaware, unconscious of this conflict in which you exist. If you are unconscious of the conflict, that is, the battle that is taking place between that self and the environment, if you are unconscious of that battle, then why do you seek further remedies? Remain unconscious. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth love life Sir, when two people have the extraordinary quality of this state, words are not necessary. Where that quality of love exists, words become unnecessary. There is instant communication. Jiddu Krishnamurti communication two people I don't mind what happens. Jiddu Krishnamurti mind happens Freedom is always at the beginning and not at the end. Jiddu Krishnamurti freedom ends Meditation is the action of silence. Jiddu Krishnamurti acting silence meditation The Creative knows the great beginnings. The Receptive completes the finished things. The Creative is decided and therefore shows to men the easy. The Receptive is yielding and therefore shows to men the simple. Learning is movement from moment to moment. Jiddu Krishnamurti creativity learning simple Take a journey into the things which you are carrying, the known- not into the unknown-into what you already know: your pleasures, your delights, your despairs, your sorrows. Take a journey into that, that is all you have. Jiddu Krishnamurti sorrow journey inspirational Do you know your particular fears? And what do you usually do with them? You run away from them, don't you, or invent ideas and images to cover them? But to run away from fear is only to increase it. Jiddu Krishnamurti fear running ideas What is correct action in a deteriorating world? Jiddu Krishnamurti deteriorating action world When we suffer we have made it into a personal affair. We shut out all the suffering of mankind. Jiddu Krishnamurti affair suffering made Can the mind resolve a psychological problem immediately? Jiddu Krishnamurti psychological problem mind Am I caught in a self-centred, narrow little cell which refuses to look beyond? Do I see it when you come along and tell me that my brain is the brain of all mankind? Jiddu Krishnamurti destiny cells self When inquiry is suppressed by previous knowledge, or by the authority and experience of another, then learning becomes mere imitation, and imitation causes a human being to repeat what is learned without experiencing it. Jiddu Krishnamurti parenting causes education You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti dance spiritual littles How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and so on, attached to a conclusion? When you accept your guru, you have come to a conclusion, or when you strongly believe in god or in a saviour, this or that, can there be compassion? You may do social work, help the poor out of pity, out of sympathy, out of charity, but is all that love and compassion? Jiddu Krishnamurti charity compassion believe The world is me and I am the world. Jiddu Krishnamurti world Not to know is the beginning of wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti knows knowledge
