Jiddu Krishnamurti

Spiritual Teacher Indian 1895 – 1986

Spiritual teacher; emphasized self-inquiry and freedom from conditioning.

400 quotes

"Patience is the cultivation of wisdom."
Patience
"Kindness costs nothing but gives everything."
Kindness
"Strength is the capacity to endure without breaking."
Strength
"Fear dissolves in the light of understanding."
Fear
"True power is the power to transform yourself."
Power
"Money is freedom only if you are free from it."
Money
"Health is the harmony of body and mind."
Health
"Adventure begins when you step beyond the familiar."
Adventure
"Imagination is the seed of all creation."
Imagination
"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."
Love
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society."
Wisdom
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence."
Knowledge
"Do you know what it means to die? Not physically, but to die to everything you have known, to all your memories, to all your experiences?"
Death
"Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end."
Peace
"Your belief shapes your world. Question your beliefs constantly."
Faith
"The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear."
Fear
"Thought can never be free, but awareness itself is always free."
Freedom
"We are slaves to what we do not understand."
Wisdom
"Love is not something you can think about. The moment you think about love, it is not love."
Love
"To understand oneself is the beginning of wisdom."
Knowledge
"The highest form of human intelligence is to observe life without judgment."
"Change is inevitable when you truly understand something."
Change
"You cannot love humanity if you do not love the particular person in front of you."
Kindness
"The earth is not just your country, the whole world is your country."
Freedom
"Ambition is the enemy of progress."
Success
"In the mirror of your own mind, you see all things reflected."
Philosophy
"Real security lies in understanding the nature of fear itself."
Courage
"When you are young, you have opinions about everything, but you understand nothing."
Education
"The pursuit of pleasure creates pain."
Happiness
"Words create barriers; silence is communication."
Peace