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Those who play a safe game die very safely.

Those who play a safe game die very safely.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Games, Play, Safe
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

There are two kinds of freedom: one is the freedom from something, which is a reaction; and the other is not a reaction, it is "being free."

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom, Two, Being Free
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1963-1964): The New Mind”, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company

There is not first understanding and then action. When you understand, that very understanding is action.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Understanding, Firsts, Action
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Susunaga Weeraperuma (1996). “Sayings of J. Krishnamurti”, p.3, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Essentials, Capacity, Perceive
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Education and the Significance of Life”, p.14, Harper Collins

As long as the mind clings to belief, it is held in a prison.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Long, Mind, Belief
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “This Matter of Culture”

The reality of truth is not to be bought, to be sold, to be repeated; it cannot be caught in books. It has to be found from moment to moment, in the smile, in the tear, under the dead leaf, in the vagrant thought, in the fullness of love.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love, Truth, Book
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “The first and last freedom”, p.572, Rajpal & Sons

The enemy is not the other, the enemy is you

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Enemy

Now, when you are aware, you see the whole process of your thinking and action, but it can happen only when there is no condemnation. That is. When I condemn something, I do not understand it.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Hate, Blame, Ifs
"Choiceless Awareness".

Clever people, people who are cunning, do not know what love is because their minds are so sharp, because they are so clever, because they are so superficial - which means to be on the surface, and love is not a thing that exists on the surface.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Clever, Mean, Love Is
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti: 1952-1953, Tradition and creativity”, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

To seek fulfillment is to invite frustration.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Frustration, Fulfillment, Invites
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living 2”, p.93, M-y books ltd

Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Order, Meditation, Mind

The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth is in what is - and that is the beauty of it. But the moment you conceive it, the moment you seek it, you begin to struggle; and a man who struggles cannot understand. That is why we have to be still, observant, passively aware.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Real, Struggle, Men
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “The First and Last Freedom”, p.24, Harper Collins

When the mind goes beyond the thought of 'the me,' the experiencer, the observer, the thinker, then there is a possibility of a happiness that is incorruptible.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Inspirational Life, Meditation, Mind
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1953-1955): What Are You Seeking?”, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

Ugliness and evil are necessary for growth but they may be experienced vicariously.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Evil, Growth, May
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Again, I maintain that no organization can lead man to spirituality.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Men, Organization, Spirituality
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Total Freedom: The Essential Krishnamurti”, p.14, Harper Collins

The man who is not frightened of life is not frightened of being completely insecure for he understands that inwardly, psychologically, there is no security.....When there is no security there is an endless movement and then life and death are the same....The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Insecure, Love Is, Men

We have so committed ourselves in different ways that we have hardly any time for self-reflection, to observe, to study.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Spiritual, Reflection, Self
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “The first and last freedom”, p.48, Rajpal & Sons

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mistake, Matter, Made
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The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Hurt, Mean, Meditation Practice

To understand the totality of this extraordinary thing called life, one must obviously not be too definite about these things. One cannot be definite with something which is so immense, which is not measurable by words. We cannot understand the immeasurable so long as we approach it through time.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Meditation Practice, Mind, Quiet
"Collected Works of J Krishnamurti 1956-1957: A Light to Yourself".

Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Love, Life, Truth

To keep always in the same place means to stagnate.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mean
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Self-knowledge is only from moment to moment, and therefore there is a creative happiness from moment to moment.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Spiritual, Self, Creative
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2013). “On Nature and the Environment”, p.1, Harper Collins

There is an efficiency inspired by love which goes far beyond and is much greater than the efficiency of ambition; and without love, which brings an integrated understanding of life, efficiency breeds ruthlessness.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
War, Ambition, Understanding
"Education and the Significance of Life".

Are you aware of the significance of every thought, of every reaction that you happen to have?

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Spiritual, Awakening, Reactions
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1993). “The Meditative Mind”, p.24, Krishnamurti Foundation of America

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