Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes - page 10

Desire, which has been the driving force in man, has created a great many pleasant and useful things; desire also, in man's relationships, has created a great many problems and turmoil and misery. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
You fill your own mind with evil thoughts instead of good; and so you hinder your own growth, and make yourself, for those who can see, an ugly and painful object instead of a beautiful and lovable one. View quote
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Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. View quote
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In seeking there are several things involved: there is the seeker and the thing that he seeks after. View quote
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You may have a family and give them the best you can; but it will not be "your family" which is opposed to the world. If you love, if there is love, there is peace. If you loved, you would educate your child not to be a nationalist, not to have only a technical job and look after his own petty little affairs; you would have no nationality. There would be no divisions of religion, if you loved. View quote
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The human being is not a local entity. He is everywhere. View quote
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We have been told that all paths lead to truth - you have your path as a Hindu and someone else has his path as a Christian and another as a Muslim, and they all meet at the same door - which is, when you look at it, so obviously absurd. Truth has no path, and that is the beauty of truth, it is living. A dead thing has a path to it because it is static, but when you see that truth is something living, moving, which has no resting place, which is in no temple, mosque or church, which no religion, no teacher, no philosopher, nobody can lead you to - then you will also see that this living thing is what you actually are - your anger, your brutality, your violence, your despair, the agony and sorrow you live in. In the understanding of all this is the truth, and you can understand it only if you know how to look at those things in your life. And you cannot look through an ideology, through a screen of words, through hopes and fears. View quote
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Will, Wisdom and Love are the three aspects of the Logos; and you, who wish to enroll yourselves to serve Him, must show forth these aspects in the world. View quote
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You must await it, it will come to you, you cannot go to it. View quote
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You are actually what you are and to understand what you are, this process of comparison must come to an end. View quote
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That is the first thing to learn - not to seek. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
See what happens when the brain is completely still. View quote
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Superstition is another mighty evil, and has caused much terrible cruelty. The man who is a slave to it despises others who are wiser, tries to force them to do as he does. View quote
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Now, one sees all that by observing, by being aware, watching, one is aware of all this. Then out of that awareness you see there is no division between the observer and the observed. View quote
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We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. View quote
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The answer is in the problem, not away from the problem. I go through the searching, analysing, dissecting process, in order to escape from the problem. But, if I do not escape from the problem and try to look at the problem without any fear or anxiety, if I merely look at the problem - mathematical, political, religious, or any other - and not look to an answer, then the problem will begin to tell me. Surely, this is what happens. We go through this process and eventually throw it aside because there is no way out of it. So, why can't we start right from the beginning, that is, not seek an answer to a problem? View quote
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The real lessons of life are learned by recognizing and coming to terms with being human. It is how we stand up to failure and duress which really marks our progress in life. Sometimes one of the most important lessons is to learn to just let go of the past. View quote
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We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. View quote
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All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. View quote
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Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples. View quote
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The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove. View quote
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A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man. View quote
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The end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure. View quote
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This is love: the flowering of love is meditation. View quote
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