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The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Giving, Mind, Religion
Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mary Lutyens (1973). “The second Penguin Krishnamurti reader”

If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Life, Giving, Contradiction
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “This Matter of Culture”

As we are concerned with what others think of us, so we are anxious to know all about them; and from this arise the crude and subtle forms of snobbishness and the worship of authority. Thus we become more and more externalized and inwardly empty. The more externalized we are, the more sensations and distractions there must be, and this gives rise to a mind that is never quiet, that is not capable of deep search and discovery.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Thinking, Discovery, Giving
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living 2”, p.14, M-y books ltd

What sex gives you momentarily is the total abandonment of yourself, then you are back again with your turmoil, so you want a repetition over and over again of that state in which there is no worry, no problem, no self.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Sex, Self, Giving

Awareness is observation without choice, condemnation, or justification. Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the experienced. In this awareness, which is passive, the problem or the cause is given an opportunity to unfold itself and so give its full significance. In awareness there is no end in view to be gained, and there is no becoming, the 'me' and the 'mine' not being given the continuity.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Opportunity, Views, Giving
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1991). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1945-1948): The Observer Is the Abserved”, Krishnamurti Foundation of Amer

Truth is something which you must see immediately — and to see something clearly you must give your heart and your mind and your whole being to it immediately.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Spiritual, Heart, Giving
"Beyond violence".

Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Giving, Pleasure, Continuity
Third Public Talk, Bombay (Mumbai), India, February 14, 1971.

To concentrate implies bringing all your energy to focus on a certain point; but thought wanders away... Whereas attention has no control, no concentration. It is complete attention, which means giving all your energy, the energy of the brain, your heart, everything, to attending.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Heart, Mean, Giving
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1983). “The Flame of Attention”, p.28, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I regard that person as a human being. I do not say "This is a man; this is a woman."

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Men, Thinking, Giving
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We demand to be coaxed and comforted, to be encouraged and gratified, so we choose a teacher who will give us what we crave for. We do not search out reality, but go after gratification and sensation.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Teacher, Reality, Giving
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2010). “Commentaries on Living 2”, p.134, M-y books ltd

It is more important to find out what you are giving to society than to ask what is the right means of livelihood.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mean, Giving, Important
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “On Right Livelihood”, HarperCollins

You can only hear clearly when you sit quietly, when you give your attention. Nor can you have order if you are not free to watch, if you are not free to listen, if you are not free to be considerate. This problem of freedom and order is one of the most difficult and urgent problems in life. It is a very complex problem. It needs to be thought over much more than mathematics, geography, or history.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Order, Giving, Watches
Jiddu Krishnamurti (2003). “Krishnamurti on Education”, p.30, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

Freedom of life does not mean disorder of life, does not mean chaos, and just everyone doing anything he wants. That is not the freedom of life. The tree, when you give it a chance, protect it when it is young, will grow straight, because it has developed its own resistance; but the moment you make it delicate, then it gets crooked.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Mean, Giving, Tree
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You only learn when you give your whole being to something. When you give your whole being to mathematics,you learn; but when you are in a state of contradiction, when you do not want to learn but are forced to learn, then it becomes merely a process of accumulation. To learn is like reading a novel with innumerable characters; it requires your full attention, not contradictory attention.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
Reading, Character, Giving

My chief concern is to make clear the Truth which I have attained, to give an understanding of the Truth, which is the Truth for all. And hence, if there is understanding rather than blind following, people will not create a religion.

Jiddu Krishnamurti
People, Giving, Understanding
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