Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. We must dispel fear and seek enlightenment. We must shun division and honor love. We must know our hearts and seek to understand others. We must try, live, create, feel, grow and love.

My job description is to enlighten minds, open hearts and create world peace.

If we do not work for individual transformation, talking about world peace is just entertainment.

Not by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world.

If you feel a sense of social responsibility, first of all keep working on yourself. Being peaceful yourself is the first step if you want to live in a peaceful universe.

Great changes start with individuals; the basis of world peace is inner peace in the hearts of individuals.

Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.

International war is the sum total of millions of individual wars, raging in the minds of the people, between what is selfish and what is selfless. To the extent that you and I develop selflessness in our own hearts, to that extent we contribute to peace in our family, community, country, and world.

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world.’

We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.

We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be achieved unless we first establish peace within our own minds.

Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.

Having failed to conquer myself, my best hope now is to arrange an alliance with myself.

Fill your mind with truth; fill your heart with love; fill your life with service.

Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.

Our problem is within ourselves. We have found the means to blow the world physically apart. Spiritually, we have yet to find the means to put together the world's broken pieces.

The world will be at war as long as the mind is at war with itself. If we can't find peace within ourselves, where is the hope for peace in the world?

Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way.

The mind and heart is the field upon which war is waged within us. If we can stop that internal fear-based battle, then those outside of us will be affected as well.

I'm fortunate that I was introduced to the world of yoga and pranayama at an early age. That has been very useful to me. I always advise everyone to make this a part of their lives. Sometimes, we notice our mind works on one thing, the body on another, and time brings us in conflict. Yoga synchronizes the heart, the mind, and the body. That is Yoga.

Peace must first be developed within an individual. And I believe that love, compassion, and altruism are the fundamental basis for peace. Once these qualities are developed within an individual, he or she is then able to create an atmosphere of peace and harmony. This atmosphere can be expanded and extended from the individual to his family, from the family to the community and eventually to the whole world.

Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!

The saved man is not a perfect man, but his heart's desire is to become perfect.

As you take steps to expand your awareness, you will naturally find yourself harnessing your mind's infinite power to create greater health, happiness, and love in your life.