To bring about a fundamental, radical revolution, we must begin with ourselves. Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti More Quotes From Jiddu Krishnamurti Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas about what love is or should be. When you love, everything will come right. Love has its own action. Jiddu Krishnamurti blessinglovebook The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti atheistfeardeath Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts. Jiddu Krishnamurti spiritualheartpeople So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti truthlovelife Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place. Jiddu Krishnamurti observationobservers Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the experienced. In this awareness, which is passive, the problem or the cause is given an opportunity to unfold itself and so give its full significance. In awareness there is no end in view to be gained, and there is no becoming, the 'me' and the 'mine' not being given the continuity. Jiddu Krishnamurti viewsopportunitygiving How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desire, fears, anxieties, through hearing only what you want to hear, only what will be satisfactory, what will gratify, what will give comfort, what will for the moment alleviate your suffering? If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice. Jiddu Krishnamurti voiceambitionhealing Why do you want to read others' books when there is the book of yourself? Jiddu Krishnamurti truthlovelife It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love. Jiddu Krishnamurti inquiringtruthmen The unknown is not measurable by the known. Time cannot measure the timeless, the eternal, that immensity which has no beginning and no end... when we try to measure something which is not measurable, we only get caught in words. Jiddu Krishnamurti timelessendstrying If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity. Jiddu Krishnamurti ifshumanityspiritual Look what is happening in the world - we are being conditioned by society, by the culture we live in, and that culture is the product of man. There is nothing holy, or divine, or eternal about culture. Jiddu Krishnamurti menculturelooks Here is my secret: I don't mind what happens. Jiddu Krishnamurti freedommindinspire There is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception. Jiddu Krishnamurti perceptionartthinking Knowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom. Jiddu Krishnamurti understanding-knowledgeaddictiondoe If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset. Jiddu Krishnamurti sunseteyeworry Did you ever sit quietly with your back straight, not moving, just only cherishing the beauty of silence? Jiddu Krishnamurti silencebeautymoving Why are we such tortured human beings, with tears in our eyes and false laughter on our lips? If you could walk alone among those hills or in the woods or along the long, white, bleached sands, in that solitude you would know what meditation is. The ecstasy of solitude comes when you are not frightened to be alone no longer belonging to the world or attached to anything. Then, like that dawn that came up this morning, it comes silently, and makes a golden path in the very stillness, which was at the beginning, which is now, and which will be always there. Jiddu Krishnamurti laughtereyemorning There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings an integrated understanding of life, efficiency breeds ruthlessness. Jiddu Krishnamurti understandingambitionwar A mind that is always comparing, always measuring, will always engender illusion. If I am measuring myself against you, who are clever, more intelligent, I am struggling to be like you and I am denying myself as I am. I am creating an illusion. Jiddu Krishnamurti intelligentstruggleclever
