Jiddu Krishnamurti
1895-1986 • Indian
Non-Dual / AdvaitaPerennial Philosophy
Indian philosopher who rejected all organized religion and belief systems, teaching direct inquiry into the nature of the mind.
Key Works
- Freedom from the Known
- The First and Last Freedom
- Talks
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Quotes by Jiddu Krishnamurti
112 quotes“The greatest freedom is freedom from the self.”
freedomThe First and Last Freedom
“Truth is a pathless land.”
truthDissolution Speech (1929)
“Without love, life is empty.”
loveTalks and Dialogues
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”
societyTalks and Dialogues
“Freedom is not at the end. It is at the beginning.”
freedomFreedom from the Known
“The observer is the observed.”
non-dualityThe Awakening of Intelligence
“To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.”
educationEducation and the Significance of Life
“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it.”
wholenessTalks and Dialogues
“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
observationFreedom from the Known
“In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand.”
interiorityYou Are the World
“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.”
beliefThe First and Last Freedom
“You can only sense from a fragment if you are the fragment.”
wholenessTalks and Dialogues
“The more you know yourself, the more clarity there is.”
self-knowledgeFreedom from the Known
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom.”
wisdomTalks and Dialogues
“What is important is to find out for ourselves.”
directnessFreedom from the Known
“Thought is the response of memory, of accumulated knowledge.”
thoughtThe Awakening of Intelligence
“Meditation is not a means to an end. It is both the means and the end.”
meditationMeditations
“There is no path to truth, and there are not two truths.”
truthTalks and Dialogues
“What we resist persists. What we look at directly transforms.”
wisdomFreedom from the Known
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