We are domesticated animals, revolving in a cage which we have built for ourselves - with its contentions, wranglings, its impossible political leaders, its gurus who exploit our self-conceit and their own with great refinement or rather crudely. Jiddu Krishnamurti animalbuildcage share on social
What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God's plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution. Jiddu Krishnamurti belongevolutiongod share on social
If one has fear, there can be no initiative in the creative sense of the word. To have initiative in this sense is to do something original - to do it spontaneously, naturally, without being guided, forced, controlled. It is to do something which you love to do. Jiddu Krishnamurti controlcreativefear share on social
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man. Jiddu Krishnamurti conceptualdivideideology Change image and share on social
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort. Jiddu Krishnamurti alterationclingcomfort share on social
When one travels around the world, one notices to what an extraordinary degree human nature is the same, whether in India or America, in Europe or Australia. Jiddu Krishnamurti americaaustraliadegree Change image and share on social
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay. Jiddu Krishnamurti decaymindsecure Change image and share on social
Listening has importance only when one is not projecting one's own desires through which one listens. Jiddu Krishnamurti desireimportancelisten Change image and share on social
Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare - something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state - something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption. Jiddu Krishnamurti agecallcircumstance share on social
Meditation demands an astonishingly alert mind; it is the understanding of the totality of life in which every form of fragmentation has ceased. Jiddu Krishnamurti alertastonishinglycease Change image and share on social
