Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.

I don't want to spend my life explaining myself. You either get it, or you don't.

What we want is not always what we need.

He that studies his content, wants it.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.

Wanting and needing are two different things.

The big question is, are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?

And just because someone doesn't understand doesn't mean they don't want to.

He didn't know what he wanted. He only knew what he didn't want.

Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person I want to be?

What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it.

You don't get what you want. You get what you are.

Desire is wakeful; satisfaction dozes.

All our wanting comes from needs, thus we continiously suffer. The intellect teaches free will, free from suffering.

We've had enough." He took back the report and jammed it under his arm. "We've had a bellyful, in fact." "And like everyone who's had enough," said Control as Alleline noisily left the room, "he wants more.

Whatever you are made of, be the best of that.

People can portray me anyway they want because I don’t give a damn… But don’t you analyze me and don’t you tell me what I am until you get close enough to understand what I am. Then you can make an analysis of me. But don’t you dare do it until then.

We who preach and write, do so in a manner different from which the Scriptures have been written. We write while we make progress.We learn something new every day. We speak as we still knock for understanding...If anyone criticizes me when I have said what is right, he does me an injustice. But I would be more angry with the one who praises me and takes what I have written for Gospel truth than I would be with the one who criticizes me unfairly.

The majority of people have no understanding of the things with which they daily meet, nor, when instructed, do they have any right knowledge of them, although to themselves they seem to have.

It's not just the emotional, intellectual, and physical gaps between you and money. The real gap is always between what you think you want and what you actually want, deep down.

All I see is people out there who are hungry for more.

I asked myself the question, 'What do you want of your life?' and I realized with a start of recognition and terror, 'Exactly what I have - but to be commensurate, to handle it all better.

The problem for us is not are our desires satisfied or not. The problem is how do we know what we desire.

Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.