Quotes by Jiddu krishnamurti

Change in society is of secondary importance; that will come about naturally, inevitably, when you as a human being bring about the change in yourself.

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.

Meditation is not a personal search for personal experience.
Meditation is not the search for transcendental energy that will give you more energy to become more mischievous. Meditation is not personal achievement sitting next to God.
Meditation, then, is a state of mind in which the 'me' is absent. And therefore that very absence brings order.

And that order must exist. Without that order, things become silly.....As long as you are held within a pattern you MUST create disorder in the world. If you say- America must be a superpower, you're going to create disorder.

Truth is a pathless land.

Student: Sir, you said you must change the world. How can you change it, sir?

Krishnamurti: What is the world? The world is where you live - your family, your friends, your neighbours. And your family, your friends, your neighbours can be extended and that is the world. Now, you are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.

Student: Sir, you said you must change the world. How can you change it, sir?

Krishnamurti: What is the world? The world is where you live - your family, your friends, your neighbours. And your family, your friends, your neighbours can be extended and that is the world. Now, you are the centre of that world. That is the world you live in. Now how will you change the world? By changing yourself.