Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer

Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher, Speaker & Writer | “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

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When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom. Knowledge is always within the shadow of ignorance. Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is explosion of intelligence.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact of what we really are.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact of what we really are.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

We want to make life permanent, but in doing so we go against nature, and there lies our pain. Only the mind which is always moving, without resting places and fixed ideas, can be in tune with life and therefore joyful.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

Happy is the man who is nothing.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

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.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact of what we really are.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

Find out for yourself what are the possesions and ideals that you do not desire. By knowing what you do not want, by elimination, you will unburden the mind, and only then will it understand the essential which is ever there.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.

[Jiddu Krishnamurti | Philosopher & Writer @BotKrishnamurti]

Order cannot possibly be brought about through conformity to a pattern, under any circumstances.