Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

Truth is available to the ears that can hear it.

The recognition of the false is already the arising of the real.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

They who imagine truth in untruth and see untruth in truth will never arrive at the truth.

Would that I could discover truth as easily as I can uncover falsehood.

The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.

What, concretely, is Enlightenment ?" "Seeing Reality as it is," said the Master. "Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?" "Oh, no! Most people see it as they think it is." "What's the difference?" "The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around.

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

That which is cannot be true.

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

Facts are many, but the truth is one.

Truth is always a delusion.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Let me tell you the truth. The truth is what is, and what should be is a fantasy. A terrible, terrible lie that someone gave to the people long ago.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

In order to survive, we cling to all we know and understand. And label it reality. But knowledge and understanding are ambiguous. That reality could be an illusion. All humans live with the wrong assumptions. Isn't that another way of looking at it? That sharingan how much can you really se?