13 Quotes by Krishnamurti

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

La méditation est un dur travail. Elle exige la plus haute forme de discipline – non celle du conformisme, de l’imitation, de l’obéissance ; mais celle qui résulte de ce que l’on est constamment conscient, à la fois du monde extérieur et de la vie intérieure. Donc la méditation n’est pas une activité dans l’isolement, mais une action dans la vie quotidienne, faite de coopération, de sensibilité et d’intelligence.

La méditation est un mouvement dans l’immobilité. Le silence de l’esprit caractérise l’action vraie. L’action engendrée par la pensée est une inaction, cause du désordre. Ce silence n’est pas un produit de la pensé, ou simplement la cessation de son bavardage. L’immobilité de l’esprit n’est possible que lorsque le cerveau lui-même est tranquille.

... it must be a complete harmonious whole that is attentive. That is attention. Does the mind attend with such complete attention to the activity of the monkey? - not condemning it, not saying 'This is right or wrong', just watching the tricks of the monkey. In this watching there is no analysis...The moment it analyses one of the fragments, the monkey is in operation.

If you see that you are a bundle of memories and words, the restless monkey comes to an end.

The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another.

The young... are full of hope and discontent... And the old are those who were once discontented, but who have successfully smothered that flame and have found security and comfort in various ways.

One is never afraid of the unknown; one is afraid of the known coming to an end.

Fear is the destructive energy in man. It withers the mind, it distorts thought, it leads to all kinds of extraordinarily clever and subtle theories, absurd superstitions, dogmas, and beliefs.