Quotes

“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

“What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

“A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The flowering of love is meditation.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats phrases and thinks in a groove.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The end is the beginning of all things, Suppressed and hidden, Awaiting to be released through the rhythm Of pain and pleasure.” Jiddu Krishnamurti

“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

“My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.” Charles Lamb

“Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.” Charles Lamb

“Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.” Charles Lamb

“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.” Charles Lamb

“The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.” Charles Lamb

“We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.” Charles Lamb

“We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.” Charles Lamb

“I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.” Charles Lamb

“New Year's Day is every man's birthday.” Charles Lamb

“What is reading, but silent conversation.” Charles Lamb

“Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.” Charles Lamb