“Only when the mind is completely alone can it know what is beauty, and not in any other state.”
Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1963-1964): The New Mind
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Famous Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
“In nothingness, there is everything, energy. The ending is a beginning.”
Source: Social Responsibility
Source: The Flame of Attention
Source: Commentaries on Living 2
“Isn't the origin of conflict ego? If there is no ego there is no becoming.”
Source: Commentaries on Living
Source: Commentaries on Living
“The very urge to get rid of desire is still desire, is it not?”
Source: Think on these things
“Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality.”
Source: Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti
“Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.”
“Can you look at a flower without thinking?”
Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti
“Is it possible to observe without the observer?”
Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti
“Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.”
“Psychological knowledge has made us dull.”
Source: Kalachakra Meditations: Based on the Discussions Between J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm in the Ending of Time
“The very word "sorrow" colours the fact of sorrow, the pain of it.”
Source: The Meditative Mind
Source: The only revolution
“Is there a thinker apart from thought?”
Source: The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti
“When all authority of every kind is put aside, denied, then you can find out for yourself.”
“Where there is fear there is aggression.”
Source: You are the World: Authentic Report of Talks and Discussions in American Universities
“Can I live a life, daily life, without sense of self-concern?”
“Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will?”
Source: Collected Works of J Krishnamurti 1956-1957: A Light to Yourself
“Why does the brain retain the memory of the hurt from yesterday?”
“Can the mind become completely still without coercion, without compulsion, without discipline?”
“The moment I am aware that I am aware, I am not aware. Awareness means the observer is not.”
“Is there an observation which is not the instrument of thought?”