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Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes

Indian Philosopher May 12, 1895 – February 17, 1986

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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
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
Jiddu Krishnamurti quote: "It is no measure of good health to be well-adjusted to a sick..."
It is no measure of good health to be well-adjusted to a sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti
To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigour and passion. It is only in that state that one learns and observes. And for this, a great deal of awareness is required, actual awareness of what is going on inside yourself, without correcting it or telling it what it should or should not be, because the moment you correct it you have established another authority, a... Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti quote: "A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no..."
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
Jiddu Krishnamurti quote: "If you begin to understand what you are without trying to..."
If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation. Jiddu Krishnamurti
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
Jiddu Krishnamurti quote: "We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be..."
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments? and to organized religions as well. That is why governments and religious organizations seek to control education. Jiddu Krishnamurti
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. Jiddu Krishnamurti
you only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics, you learn; but when you are in a state of contradiction, when you do not want to learn but are forced to learn, then it becomes merely a process of accumulation. To learn is like reading a novel with innumerable characters; it requires your full attention, not contradictory attention. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Do you know that even when you look at a tree and say, `That is an oak tree', or `that is a banyan tree', the naming of the tree, which is botanical knowledge, has so conditioned your mind that the word comes between you and actually seeing the tree? To come in contact with the tree you have to put your hand on it and the word will not help you to touch it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education. Jiddu Krishnamurti
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. Jiddu Krishnamurti

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