If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires. Jiddu Krishnamurti desirelistenscreen Change image and share on social
For most of us, relationship with another is based on dependence, either economic or psychological. This dependence creates fear, breeds in us possessiveness, results in friction, suspicion, frustration. Jiddu Krishnamurti basebreedcreate share on social
If we could establish a deep abiding relationship with nature, we would never kill an animal for our appetite; we would never harm, vivisect, a monkey, a dog, a guinea pig for our benefit. We would find other ways to heal our wounds, heal our bodies. Jiddu Krishnamurti abideanimalappetite share on social
Can the mind see the truth of its own incapacity to know the unknown? Surely if I see very clearly that my mind cannot know the unknown, there is absolute quietness. Jiddu Krishnamurti absoluteincapacitymind Change image and share on social
Why does your mind conform? Have you ever asked? Are you aware that you are conforming to a pattern? It doesn't matter what that pattern is, whether you have established a pattern for yourself or it has been established for you. Jiddu Krishnamurti askawareconform 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
It is really very important while you are young to live in an environment in which there is no fear. Most of us, as we grow older, become frightened; we are afraid of living, afraid of losing a job, afraid of tradition, afraid of what the neighbours, or what the wife or husband would say, afraid of death. Jiddu Krishnamurti afraiddeathenvironment 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
If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem. Jiddu Krishnamurti answerproblemseparate Change image and share on social
I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies. Jiddu Krishnamurti cageconcentrationdesire share on social