Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.

You must always do what you feel is right.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

The imperative is to define what is right and do it.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.

doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right

We've lost our sense of ethics; we live in a world of small-mindedness, of gratification without happiness and actions without meaning.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

We only gain collectively by acting now. We gain by one day not having to pay a thing for fuel. We gain by having cleaner air, water, and food so that we are healthier and our health care costs come down. We gain by deflating the global fossil fuel markets that drive much of the conflict around the world.

I want to do the right thing for the American people. And to be honest, secondarily, I want to do the right thing for the world.

I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering.

Suppose that I see a hungry child in the street, and I am able to offer the child some food. Am I morally culpable if I refuse to do so? Am I morally culpable if I choose not to do what I easily can about the fact that 1000 children die every hour from easily preventable disease, according to UNICEF? Or the fact that the government of my own "free and open society" is engaged in monstrous crimes that can easily be mitigated or terminated? Is it even possible to debate these questions?

If one develops good habits and routines, it is possible to be a responsible educator most of the time; and to marshal the special energies and reflection for those times, when the correct course of action is not clear, or when one is weighing one wrong against another wrong.

In a world of plenty, continued suffering is a terrible stain on our conscience. It is inexcusable that we not strive, with every resource at our disposal, to eliminate suffering.

Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?

How long had he been doing what was necessary instead of what was right? In a fair world they would be one and the same.

Whether on'e special emphasis is global warming or child welfare, the cause is the same cause. And justice comes from the same place being human comes from: compassion.

The fear of doing right is the grand treason in times of danger.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

O my brothers, am I then cruel? But I say: that which is falling should also be pushed!

Their fate rested entirely on me. I could save them by telling the truth. I could destroy them by lying. No one should have that much power.

How do we make the world work?