Jiddu Krishnamurti

"We accept too easily. We listen to others and do not listen to ourselves."

"The desire to be something other than what you are is the root of all problems."

"You cannot love what you do not understand."

"The mind that is open to everything cannot be closed by anything."

"We are afraid of the unknown, so we create beliefs about it."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"The problem is that we do not see the problem."

"Competition destroys relationship and thus destroys society."

"The mind creates the problem and then tries to solve it."

"When you are truly yourself, there is no comparison, no conflict."

"Time is the enemy of love, and yet we measure love in years."

"The moment you say 'I know', you have stopped learning."

"We are not educated; we are trained to compete and compare."

"The pursuit of happiness is the denial of happiness itself."

"What you are is what you have been, and what you will be is what you do now."

"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."

"Living is a constant state of adjustment to new circumstances."

"You cannot inherit freedom. You must earn it."

"The world is you, and you are the world."

"Do not seek. That itself is the trap. Seek and you will miss."

"The greatest religion is the truth that dwells in the human heart."

"Ambition is the denial of what you are."

"The mind caught in habit cannot think."

"We live in contradiction and we are not even aware of it."

"To understand the extraordinary, we must abandon the ordinary."

"Your opinions, your beliefs, your attachments are the prison bars."

"A mind that is anxious about the future cannot be in the present."

"The understanding of your own mind is the beginning of wisdom."

"We are seeking happiness outside ourselves, but it can only be found within."

"The ending of conflict is the beginning of intelligence."