Fear is nonacceptance of what is.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIFear is nonacceptance of what is.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIt’s no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
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 KRISHNAMURTIKnowledge, idea, belief stands in the way of wisdom.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIKnowledge is an addiction, as drink; knowledge does not bring understanding. Knowledge can be taught, but not wisdom; there must be freedom from knowledge for the coming of wisdom.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe mind has to be empty to see clearly.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIAll ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWithout knowing yourself, there is no peace.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIThe fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTITransformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIPut away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery.
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 KRISHNAMURTIMeditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIIntuition is the whisper of the soul.
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTIWhen one has an image about oneself one is surely insane, one lives in a world of illusion.
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’.
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