Jiddu Krishnamurti

“To be free of all authority, of your own and that of another, is to die to everything of yesterday, so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigour and passion.”

“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.”

“Truth is a pathless land.”

“The ending of sorrow is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Without freedom from the known, there is no creation.”

“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”

“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life.”

“Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love.”

“Relationship is a mirror in which you see yourself as you are.”

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

“When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent. Do you see why it is violent? Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind.”

“Real learning comes about when the competitive spirit has ceased.”

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

“One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.”

“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”

“Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.”

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