Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurtiwas a speaker and writer on matters that concerned humankind. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the organization behind it. His subject matter included psychological revolution, the nature of mind, meditation, inquiry, human relationships, and bringing about radical change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasised that such revolution cannot be brought...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth12 May 1895
CountryIndia
Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.
[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.
Till the false is seen as false, truth is not.
Doesn't becoming imply time?
To be absolutely nothing is to be beyond measure.
It is only the dull, sleepy mind that creates and clings to habit. A mind that is attentive from moment to moment - attentive to what it is saying, attentive to the movement of its hands, of its thoughts, of its feelings - will discover that the formation of further habits has come to an end.
Intelligence is not discernment and judgment or critical evaluation.
The unknown is not measurable by the known. Time cannot measure the timeless, the eternal, that immensity which has no beginning and no end... when we try to measure something which is not measurable, we only get caught in words.
The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself-these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society.
And for this you must have quiet and solitude. But society does not allow you to have them. You must be with people, outwardly active at all costs. If you are alone you are considered antisocial or peculiar, or you are afraid of your own loneliness.
That is, sir, there can only be communication, communion, when you and I are on the same level, and with the same intensity, at the same time.
There is not first understanding and then action. When you understand, that very understanding is action.
This is what I am, and I am going to understand this.