Jiddu Krishnamurti Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes, Jiddu Krishnamurti sayings, and Jiddu Krishnamurti proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important. Jiddu Krishnamurti
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
So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Wherever he goes, you also go. He will not be alone. Jiddu Krishnamurti
If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset. Jiddu Krishnamurti
All tradition is merely the past. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes with the fullness of what is, not in the alteration of it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
iolence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. Jiddu Krishnamurti
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. Jiddu Krishnamurti
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Whenever an emotion overtakes you, if even once you can just be without moving your body, without co-operatin with your emotion you wil be liberated from that emotion. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence. Jiddu Krishnamurti
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. Jiddu Krishnamurti
One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Intelligence is not discernment and judgment or critical evaluation. Jiddu Krishnamurti
In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The Guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Authority in its very nature prevents the full awareness of oneself and therefore ultimately destroys freedom; in freedom alone can there be creativeness. Jiddu Krishnamurti
To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Thought is so cunning, so clever, that it distorts everything for its own convenience. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The fact is one thing and the idea about the fact is another. Jiddu Krishnamurti
There must be a certain amount of imitation, copying, in outward technique, but when there is inward, psychological imitation surely we cease to be creative. Jiddu Krishnamurti
In nothingness, there is everything, energy. The ending is a beginning. Jiddu Krishnamurti
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought? Jiddu Krishnamurti
Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" - there is only observation taking place. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. Jiddu Krishnamurti