A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others. Jiddu Krishnamurti beliefcreedcrystallize Change image and 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
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
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
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
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
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
You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life. Jiddu Krishnamurti dancelifepart share on social
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears - when you give your whole attention to it. Jiddu Krishnamurti attentioncompletelyear Change image and share on social
