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Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian-born philosopher and spiritual teacher whose lectures, dialogues, and writings challenged organized religion and the very category of the guru. Discovered as a boy by leaders of the Theosophical Society and groomed to be the World Teacher, he dissolved the order founded around him in 1929 and devoted the remainder of a long life to teaching that truth is a pathless land. The quotes below are attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti, organized by topic.

Jiddu Krishnamurti on Life

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

    “To understand life is to understand ourselves.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti on Mind

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

    “The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

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

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

    “You are the world.”

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

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

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Jiddu Krishnamurti on Politics

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

    “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti on Truth

  • Attributed to Jiddu Krishnamurti:

    “Truth is a pathless land.”