Daily Quote Archives

August 2024
  1. August 01 We are watching, not waiting, not expecting anything to happen but watching without end.
  2. August 02 The urge to be free from boredom is another form of possession.
  3. August 03 One must be free of knowledge to have immediate perception.
  4. August 04 Most of us want to be occupied; otherwise we shall feel lost, otherwise we do not know what to do, we will be lonely, we will be confronted with what we actually are.
  5. August 05 If you are really listening, then time ceases.
  6. August 06 When that which is, is perceived without distortion, there is understanding;
  7. August 07 There is a state of relationship in which the 'me' is not, which is not Utopia, which is not a thing dreamt about, or a mystical, nonsensical experience, but something that can be actually done
  8. August 08 When you say you are free from something, it is merely a reaction, which, because it is a reaction, is going to be the cause of another reaction
  9. August 09 Is sorrow the way of understanding? Or does sorrow exist because there's no understanding?
  10. August 10 The nature of the change from disorder is silence.
  11. August 11 As long as we seek, life will be disturbed.
  12. August 12 Can we be free of the non-fact and live with facts, and transform the facts?
  13. August 13 A mind that is capable of measuring is capable also of illusion
  14. August 14 As long as we are looking for transformation, there will be no transformation.
  15. August 15 A religious mind demands diligence to be precise, to be accurate, objectively and inwardly, so that there is no illusion, no deception, total integrity.
  16. August 16 You know, the word 'discover' is an unfortunate word, but I don't know what other word to use;
  17. August 17 Meditation is really very simple. We complicate it. We weave a web of ideas around it, what it is and what it is not.
  18. August 18 As long as mind is caught up in belief, there is no understanding, there is no freedom.
  19. August 19 We have no love - that is a terrible thing to realize.
  20. August 20 What is it all about? Our life.
  21. August 21 The other day someone said that he was a "Krishnamurti-ite," whereas so-and-so belonged to another group.
  22. August 22 Consciously or unconsciously we refuse to see the essentiality of being passively aware because we do not really want to let go of our problems;
  23. August 23 Freedom cannot possibly exist when there is any form of dependency.
  24. August 24 The sadness of life is this - the emptiness that we try to fill with every conceivable trick of the mind.
  25. August 25 The mind is, after all, the result of many thousands of yesterdays; and being itself the result of time it always thinks in terms of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
  26. August 26 The moment you become aware of poison, the poison ceases to be a problem to you.
  27. August 27 The bliss which the mind seeks is not found through its seeking, nor does it lie in faith.
  28. August 28 I think it is very necessary that you and I should not merely either accept or refute anything I am going to suggest.
  29. August 29 Tolerance is a civilized acceptance of the division between people.
  30. August 30 Meditation is the most extraordinary thing if you know how to do it, and you cannot possibly learn from anybody;
  31. August 31 The state of mind that has decided to observe is not observation at all.