We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with the rag that is called the flag.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiBeing discontented, we either seek a different job or merely succumb to environment...instead of causing us to question life, the whole process of existence.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiEveryone must go through all experiences but they need not go through them all in reality -they can do it vicariously, by imagination.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiThere is an art of seeing things as they are: without naming, without being caught in a network of words, without thinking interfering with perception.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiMeditation is the movement of love. It isn't the love of the one or of the many. It is like water that anyone can drink out of any jar.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiViolence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.
Jiddu Krishnamurti