The function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe function of education is to help you from childhood not to imitate anybody, but be yourself all the time.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWe all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIntuition is the only true guide in life.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThroughout 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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIContentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIts beautiful to be alone. To be alone does not mean to be lonely. it means the mind is not influenced and contaminated by society.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIYou can only be afraid of what you think you know.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhat you believe you experience.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIDiscipline 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 KRISHNAMURTIMerely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIOne is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe 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 KRISHNAMURTIThe ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITransformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIt’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIPut away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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