There is no fundamental transformation through outward change, or through any form of pressure or influence. —Krishnamurti

Comparison breeds self-pity, and then misfortune ensues. —Krishnamurti

Do you ever sit quietly, with your back very straight, without movement, and know the beauty of silence? —Krishnamurti

Meditation is the most simple, natural thing, like the flow of water, continuous, persistent, whose depth is unknown. It is a living thing and cannot be put into the cage of thought with its schools of yoga, mantras and disciplines. —Krishnamurti

The description is not the described; the word is not the thing. —Krishnamurti

Comparison is taught from childhood. In every school, child A is compared with child B, and A destroys himself in order to be like B. —Krishnamurti

We resist a great deal; we don’t want to be disturbed; out of the feeling of hurt, we cling to something we hope will protect us. —Krishnamurti

You cannot, may not, invite joy; if you do, it becomes pleasure. —Krishnamurti

Through explanation, you are not freed from suffering; the suffering is still there, only you have covered it over with words and conclusions, either your own or those of another. —Krishnamurti

No swami, no system of yoga, no religious organisation, no doctrine or belief can lead you to the discovery of truth. Only the free mind can discover. —Krishnamurti

You live in your own dark isolation, and the escape from it is further darkness. —Krishnamurti

If you want to understand the beauty of a bird, a fly, a leaf, or a person with all their complexities, you have to give your whole attention, which is awareness. —Krishnamurti

What a strong hold respectability has on us! What will people say? —Krishnamurti

Self-knowledge is the discovery from moment to moment of the ways of the self. —Krishnamurti

If you lose touch with nature, you lose touch with humanity. —Krishnamurti

One must begin with uncertainty, doubting, questioning, having a sceptical mind; then one comes to a place where there is absolute certainty. —Krishnamurti

You will come upon truth when the mind is free of all the things it has put together. —Krishnamurti

As nothing can live in isolation, the attempts of the mind to isolate itself lead to frustration and misery. —Krishnamurti

The inner demands greater diligence than the outer. It is an urgent demand. And this diligence is in the affectionate study of what one is. —Krishnamurti

Knowledge cannot make man love another; it can create war and the instruments of destruction but cannot bring love to the heart, or peace to the mind. —Krishnamurti

You may worship and forget yourself in the rigmarole of rituals, but do what you will, the ache of loneliness continues. —Krishnamurti

When the self is not, which means when the activity of thought is not, there is vast silence in the brain. —Krishnamurti

To properly live, one must end sorrow and fear. —Krishnamurti

Love is a feeling in which there is gentleness, quietness, tenderness, consideration, in which there is beauty. There is no ambition or jealousy. —Krishnamurti

What a strange thing is loneliness, and how frightening it is! We never allow ourselves to get too close to it, and if by chance we do, we quickly run away. —Krishnamurti

When I do not know, I am learning. —Krishnamurti

True revolution can take place only when you, the individual, become aware in your relationship to another. —Krishnamurti

As a tooth that causes intense pain must be attended to immediately, sorrow, if intense, demands urgent alleviation. But instead, we seek an escape or explain it away; we avoid the real issue, which is the self. —Krishnamurti

To live peacefully in this world, there must be affection, there must be consideration. Love is not an ideology. You cannot turn love into an ideology, and through an ideology you can’t come to love. —Krishnamurti

Whatever choice you may make in the state of confusion can only lead to further confusion. —Krishnamurti