Discipline does not mean suppression and control, nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees ‘what is’ and learns from ‘what was’.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIAll ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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What you believe you experience.
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Without knowing yourself, there is no peace.
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One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
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It is very easy to conform to what your society or your parents and teachers tell you. That is a safe and easy way of existing; but that is not living; To live is to find out for yourself what is true.
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Intuition is the only true guide in life.
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When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
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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.
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Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
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If you come across fear, stare it in its eyes. Face it and you will notice that fear fades away.
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Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
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Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.
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