Because we want to be inwardly secure, we are constantly seeking methods and means for this security, and thereby we create authority, the worship of another, which destroys comprehension, that spontaneous tranquility of mind in which alone there can be a state of creativeness.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Beyond all explanations which a good brain can give, why do we choose the worst and not the better, why hate rather than love, why greed and not generosity, why self-centered activity and not open total action? Why be mean when there are soaring mountains and flashing streams? Why jealousy and not love? Why?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

But if one observes, one will see that the body has its own intelligence; it requires a great deal of intelligence to observe the intelligence of the body.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

But there's a sacredness which is not of thought, nor of a feeling resuscitated by thought. It is not recognizable by thought nor can it be utilized by thought. Thought cannot formulate it. But there's a sacredness, untouched by any symbol or word. It is not communicable. It is a fact.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

But what is the point of education at all? Is it merely to cultivate the capacity of memory, passing examinations and getting a job and all the rest, or is education something entirely different? Something more!

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Can you look at a flower without thinking?

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Discipline does not mean suppression and control nor is it adjustment to a pattern or ideology. It means a mind that sees 'what is' and learns from 'what was'.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Discipline must be without control, without suppression, without any form of fear... It is not discipline first and then freedom; freedom is at the very beginning, not at the end.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Do it or don't do it but get on with it...

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put on a mask of my ideas, for it will be an illusion and you will thereby deceive yourself.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti