You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not understand this, you create that, hoping through that to understand or to escape from this.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiFreedom is not a reaction; freedom is not a choice. . Freedom is found in the choiceless awareness of our daily existence and activity.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiYou cannot prevent a man getting drunk if he wishes to do so, but when he becomes a nuisance, then you interfere.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiGood heredity and environment are necessary. You cannot compare the child of a savage with the child of a civilized person.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiWar is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and without a transformation in ourselves, there are bound to be national and racial antagonisms, the childish quarreling over ideologies, the multiplication of soldiers, the saluting of flags, and all the many brutalities that go to create organized murder.
Jiddu Krishnamurti