“Peace is not something petty, created by the mind; it is enormously great, infinitely extensive, and it can be understood only when the heart is full.”
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
“Alone has quite a different meaning; alone has beauty. To be alone means something entirely different. And you must be alone. When man frees himself from the social structure of greed, envy, ambition, arrogance, achievement, status—when he frees himself from those, then he is completely alone. That is quite a different thing. Then there is great beauty, the feeling of great energy.”
― The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
― The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
“Peace can come only when there is love.”
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
― Life Ahead: On Learning and the Search for Meaning
“To be sensitively aware of thought, of feeling, of the world about you, of your office and of nature, is to explode from moment to moment in affection. Without affection, every action becomes burdensome and mechanical and leads to decay.”
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“So, while you are young you must begin to find out what is this strange thing called happiness. That is an essential part of education.”
― Think on These Things: Penetrating Talks on Self-Knowledge and Human Society
― Think on These Things: Penetrating Talks on Self-Knowledge and Human Society
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