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 KRISHNAMURTILook 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 KRISHNAMURTIThe moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITo ask the ‘right’ question is far more important than to receive the answer. The solution of a problem lies in the understanding of the problem; the answer is not outside the problem, it is in the problem.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWithout knowing yourself, there is no peace.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTINo 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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIYou want to be loved because you do not love; but the moment you love, it is finished, you are no longer inquiring whether or not somebody loves you.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIOne is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe mind has to be empty to see clearly.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMeditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMerely to stuff the child with a lot of information, making him pass examinations, is the most unintelligent form of education.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen 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.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe very desire to be certain, to be secure, is the beginning of bondage.It’s only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty, and is not seeking certainty, that it is in a state of discovery.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIntuition is the whisper of the soul.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIFear is nonacceptance of what is.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe moment you follow someone you cease to follow Truth.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIMost people like to live in illusions.
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