Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in his pocket. The friend said to the devil, "What did that man pick up?" "He picked up a piece of the truth," said the devil. "That is a very bad business for you, then," said his friend. "Oh, not at all," the devil replied, "I am going to help him organize it." Jiddu Krishnamurti truthlovelife There can only be a relationship between human beings when we accept what is, not what should be. Jiddu Krishnamurti acceptinghumansshould 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 illusiondeceivingideas The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is. Self-knowledge has no end - you don't come to an achievement, you don't come to a conclusion. It is an endless river. Jiddu Krishnamurti achievementselfrivers If we want to change existing conditions, we must first transform ourselves, which means that we must become aware of our own actions, thoughts and feelings in everyday life. Jiddu Krishnamurti life-changingchangemean 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 effortstrangepurity If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing. Jiddu Krishnamurti contradictiongivinglife Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end. Jiddu Krishnamurti inspirationspiritualmean The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time. Jiddu Krishnamurti being-yourselfeducationmotivational Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs. Jiddu Krishnamurti fearclevermen All authority of any kind, especially in the field of thought and understanding, is the most destructive, evil thing. Leaders destroy the followers and followers destroy the leaders. You 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 teacherlovelife As long as you ask questions you are breaking through, but the moment you begin to accept, you are psychologically dead. So right through life don't accept a thing, but inquire, investigate. Then you will find that your mind is something really extraordinary, it has no end, and to such a mind there is no death. Jiddu Krishnamurti spiritualmindlong So, to meditate is to purge the mind of its self-centered activity. And if you have come this far in meditation, you will find there is silence, a total emptiness. The mind is uncontaminated by society; it is no longer subject to any influence, to the pressure of any desire. It is completely alone, and being alone, untouched it is innocent. Therefore there is a possibility for that which is timeless, eternal, to come into being. This whole process is meditation. Jiddu Krishnamurti silencemeditationself The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth. Jiddu Krishnamurti truth-loveceasemoments When one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion. Jiddu Krishnamurti insaneself-esteemworld Fear is nonacceptance of what is. Jiddu Krishnamurti All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. Jiddu Krishnamurti religiouslovelife We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Jiddu Krishnamurti truthlovelife Find out what it means to die - not physically, that's inevitable - but to die to everything that is known, to die to your family, to your attachments, to all the things that you have accumulated, the known, the known pleasures, the known fears. Die to that every minute and you will see what it means to die so that the mind is made fresh, young, and therefore innocent, so that there is incarnation not in a next life, but the next day. Jiddu Krishnamurti next-dayattachmentmean It is much easier to condemn a child than to understand a child. Jiddu Krishnamurti easierchildrenschool
