Jiddu Krishnamurti

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

"The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed."

"Do you know what it means to die? To die is to leave everything behind."

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

"When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim, a Christian or a European, you are being violent."

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

"The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear."

"Life is this simple: do just what you do now, do it very carefully, the way you know best."

"One of our problems is that we don't listen. We don't give space for the other person to talk."

"Questioning is a wonderful thing, but you must ask the right questions."

"The moment you are aware of the beauty of anything, you are aware of God."

"Freedom comes through understanding yourself, not through running away."

"Belief is when someone else does the thinking."

"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it."

"The real crisis is the crisis of consciousness."

"To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is very difficult because we don't want to."

"Love is not something that can be cultivated, bred, or produced."

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

"Happiness is not a by-product of achievement, but a by-product of freedom."

"The mind that is trapped in belief cannot discover anything."

"We are slaves to what we don't understand."

"The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is ignorance about who we are."

"To awaken completely is to be aware of your own mortality."

"Real learning is part of the process of maturation."

"The moment you think you know, you stop learning."

"Courage is the capacity to face what is feared most."

"Nature is not something separate from us; we are part of it."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment to the demand for the stimulation of our senses."

"The musician does not play to become famous, but to express his truth."

"Science without spirituality is barren and spirituality without science is blind."