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The only thing that really matters is that there be an action of goodness, love and intelligence in living.
The Urgency of Change (1970)
There is inattention and rare attention and we are trying to bridge the one to the other.
As a tree that is not pliable breaks in the storm, so a man who has specialized breaks down in moments of crisis.
The very nature of intelligence is sensitivity, and this sensitivity is love.
Letters to the Schools (1981)
Observe, and in that observation there is neither the "observer" nor the "observed" — there is only observation taking place.
Recognition implies previous knowledge, otherwise you cannot recognize.
Krishnamurti in India, 1970-71 (1971)
The society in which we live is the result of our psychological state.
What you are is the memory, bundle of memories, experiences, thoughts.
Krishnamurti in India, 1970-71 (1971)
When you observe without accumulation, then there is no judgement.
Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.
The Urgency of Change (1970)
No description can ever describe the origin. The origin is nameless; the origin is absolutely quiet, it is not whirring about making noise.
Knowledge as function, mechanical function, is necessary.
A Wholly Different Way of Living (1970)
A mind that has understood the whole movement of thought becomes extraordinarily quiet, absolutely silent. That silence is the beginning of the new.
There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this.
Krishnamurti's Notebook (1976)
Compassion is the essence of the wholeness of life.
Letters to the Schools (1981)
Conflict is not in the feeling of being in love. The feeling of being in love is utterly without conflict. There is no loss of energy in being in love.
Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Bulletin 3 (1969)
Will, Wisdom and Love are the three aspects of the Logos; and you, who wish to enroll yourselves to serve Him, must show forth these aspects in the world.
At the Feet of the Master (1911)
Goodness is not the pursuit of conformity.
Only the free mind knows what Love is.
How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and so on, attached to a conclusion?
Mind Without Measure (1984)