Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes - page 2

The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute. View quote
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Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both. View quote
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What is correct action in a deteriorating world? View quote
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Does choice exist when I see something very clearly? View quote
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Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance. View quote
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Is there a thinker apart from thought? View quote
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Can you look at a flower without thinking? View quote
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The very word "sorrow" colours the fact of sorrow, the pain of it. View quote
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Psychological knowledge has made us dull. View quote
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To die every day to every problem, every pleasure, and not carry over any problem at all; so the mind remains tremendously attentive, active, clear. (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into what is meditation, the mind must free itself from what it has learnt about meditation, and the freeing of the mind from what it has learnt is the beginning of meditation. View quote
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No 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. View quote
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The world is me and I am the world. View quote
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The transformation of the world is brought about by the transformation of oneself. View quote
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Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it. View quote
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When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself. View quote
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Where there is fear there is aggression. View quote
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Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought? View quote
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Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline? View quote
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When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between "what is" and "what should be." (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
Why does the brain retain the memory of the hurt from yesterday? View quote
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Can I live a life, daily life, without sense of self-concern? View quote
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When you practice meditation, the meditator becomes all-important and not the movement of meditation. View quote
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Truth does not belong to an individual. View quote
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