"Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby dece...












You can only be afraid of what you think you know.
More Jiddu Krishnamurti quotes
"We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and th...
"What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God...
"All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with p...
"Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.
"You must be a light unto yourself.
"Sirs, if you are listening and are not acting, it is like a man who is always tilling but never sowing. It is better not to listen to a truth than to ...
"The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.
"It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.
"One is never afraid of the unknown one is afraid of the known coming to an end.
"For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possess...
"You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark.
"It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; ...
"You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not u...
"It is only in alert silence that truth can be.