Merely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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Be a light unto oneself,
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The moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
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Throughout life, from childhood, from school until we die, we are taught to compare ourselves with another; yet when I compare myself with another I am destroying myself.
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Most people like to live in illusions.
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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.
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To meditate is to observe yourself, for you are totally responsible for your body, mind, thought.
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Its beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
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Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.
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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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No book can teach you about yourself, no psychologist, none of the professors or philosophers. What they can teach you is what they think you are or what they think you should be.
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The crisis is not out there in the world, it is within our own consciousness.
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Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.
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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.
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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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Intuition is the whisper of the soul.
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