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Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer who lived from May 12, 1895, to February 17, 1986. He is known for his teachings on the nature of the mind, consciousness, and the path to enlightenment. Krishnamurti emphasized the importance of self-inquiry and the transformation of consciousness, and his work has had a significant impact on individuals from various walks of life.

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Famous Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

“Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.”

People Heart Spiritual Awakening Unhappy Spiritual Awakening No Love

Book:This Matter of Culture

Source: This Matter of Culture

“Freedom lies outside the pattern of society; but to be free of that pattern you have to understand the whole content of it, which is to understand your own mind.”

Mind Whole Spiritual Lying Patterns Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Book:Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

Source: Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

“You can be creative only when there is abandonment-which means, really, there is no sense of compulsion, no fear of not being, of not gaining, of not arriving. Then there is great austerity, simplicity, and with it there is love.”

Mean Spiritual Creative Simplicity Awakening Be Creative No Fear Compulsion Abandonment Spiritual Awakening Arriving Austerity

Book:Think on these things

Source: Think on these things

“It is necessary for all of us to awaken in ourselves this spirit of cooperation, for then it will not be a mere plan or agreement which causes us to work together, but an extraordinary feeling of togetherness, the sense of joy in being and doing together without any thought of reward or punishment.”

Feelings Together Spiritual Joy Spirit Causes Plans Mere Rewards Extraordinary Awakening Punishment Agreement Working Together Cooperation Togetherness Spiritual Awakening

Book:Think on these things

Source: Think on these things

“Through self-knowledge you begin to find out what is God, what is truth, what is that state which is timeless. In self-knowledge is the whole universe; it embraces all the struggles of humanity.”

Self States Whole Spiritual Humanity Universe Struggle Embrace Awakening Self Knowledge Timeless Spiritual Awakening

Book:Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

Source: Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

“To understand what is right meditation there must be an awareness of the operation of one's own consciousness, and then there is complete attention.”

Spiritual Attention Consciousness Meditation Awareness Awakening Operations Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“As long as you ask questions you are breaking through, but the moment you begin to accept, you are psychologically dead. So right through life don't accept a thing, but inquire, investigate. Then you will find that your mind is something really extraordinary, it has no end, and to such a mind there is no death.”

Mind Long Ends Moments Spiritual Asks Accepting Extraordinary Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Book:Think on these things

Source: Think on these things

“It is only in a very quiet mind that great things are born; and a quiet mind does not come about through effort, through control, through discipline.”

Mind Doe Spiritual Born Effort Discipline Quiet Awakening Great Things Spiritual Awakening

Book:This Matter of Culture

Source: This Matter of Culture

“A mind that practices love cannot love.”

Mind Spiritual Practice Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Do not pursue what should be, but understand what is.”

Should Spiritual Awakening Pursue Spiritual Awakening

Book:Choiceless Awareness

Source: Choiceless Awareness

“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.”

People Thinking World Kind Spiritual Love Is Awakening Practicals Be Kind Ambitious Greedy Spiritual Awakening Think For Yourself Practical Things

Book:This Matter of Culture

Source: This Matter of Culture

“In the search for reality, energy creates its own discipline. But mere discipline, without full comprehension of all this, has no meaning, it is a most destructive thing.”

Reality Spiritual Energy Discipline Mere Awakening Destructive Comprehension Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Meditation is the process of understanding your own mind.”

Mind Spiritual Process Understanding Meditation Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Book:Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

Source: Individual & Society: A Study Book of the Teachings of J. Krishnamurti

“Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?”

Happens Spiritual Awakening Reactions Significance Spiritual Awakening

Book:The Meditative Mind

Source: The Meditative Mind

“When the mind sees itself in the mirror of relationship, from that perception there is self-knowledge.”

Mind Self Spiritual Perception Mirrors Awakening Self Knowledge Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Goodness, generosity, or love does not come into being save through the search for reality.”

Doe Reality Spiritual Goodness Awakening Generosity Spiritual Awakening

Book:Think on these things

Source: Think on these things

“Mere isolation in an enclosing idea is not a release from conflict.”

Ideas Spiritual Conflict Mere Awakening Release Isolation Spiritual Awakening

Book:The First and Last Freedom

Source: The First and Last Freedom

“To know oneself is to study oneself in action, which is relationship.”

Knows Action Spiritual Study Self Awareness Oneself Awakening Martial Arts Mastery Self Knowledge Self Mastery Spiritual Awakening Knowing Oneself

Book:The First and Last Freedom

Source: The First and Last Freedom

“We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.”

Way Different Self Spiritual Study Reflection Committed Awakening Different Ways Self Reflection Spiritual Awakening

Book:The First and Last Freedom

Source: The First and Last Freedom

“The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.”

Knows Spiritual Awakening Clarity Know Yourself Spiritual Awakening Forgive Yourself

Book:The First and Last Freedom

Source: The First and Last Freedom

“Only when the mind is tranquil-through self-knowledge and not through imposed self-discipline-only then, in that tranquillity, in that silence, can reality come into being. It is only then that there can be bliss, that there can be creative action.”

Mind Self Reality Action Spiritual Silence Creative Discipline Awakening Bliss Self Knowledge Self Discipline Be Creative Spiritual Awakening Tranquil Tranquillity

Book:The First and Last Freedom

Source: The First and Last Freedom

“Being discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence.”

Different Whole Jobs Spiritual Process Existence Environment Awakening Spiritual Awakening Different Jobs

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“We are empty shells if we do not possess, if we do not fill our life with furniture, with music, with knowledge, with this or that. And that shell makes a lot of noise, and that noise we call living, and with that we are satisfied.”

Ifs Spiritual Our Lives Sorrow Empty Awakening Satisfied Noise Over You Shells Furniture Spiritual Awakening Disruption Discovering Yourself Empty Shell Breaking Away

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The very attention given to finding out if the mind can be completely quiet is quietness.”

Ifs Mind Spiritual Given Attention Quiet Findings Awakening Spiritual Awakening Quietness

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Most people like to live in illusions.”

People Spiritual Illusion Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Our conflict is in relationship, at all levels of our existence; and the understanding of this relationship, completely and extensively, is the only real problem that each one has.”

Real Problem Spiritual Understanding Levels Existence Conflict Awakening Spiritual Awakening Real Problems

Book:Choiceless Awareness

Source: Choiceless Awareness

“Achieve order within yourself...an inward tranquility which knows no disturbance at any moment...in the daily life of the home and the office.”

Knows Moments Home Spiritual Order Achieve Office Awakening Daily Life Inward Tranquility Spiritual Awakening Disturbance

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.”

Spiritual Conflict Essence Structure Awakening Psychological Spiritual Awakening Free Yourself

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Freedom lies beyond the field of consciousness.”

Spiritual Lying Consciousness Fields Awakening Spiritual Awakening

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

About the Author

Born: May 12, 1895
Died: February 17, 1986
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 696

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