"It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. "
"When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important."
"Do not think about yourself, but be aware of the thought, emotion, or action that makes you think of yourself."
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."
"To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to that thing. You attribute a quality to an environment, to an experience, only when you want to derive something from it, when you want to gain or to have power or happiness. Now this destroys true criticism. Your desire is perverted through attributing values, and therefore you cannot see clearly. Instead of trying to see the flower in its original and entire beauty, you look at it through coloured glasses, and therefore you can never see it as it is."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
"When one loses the deep intimate relationship with nature, then temples, mosques and churches become important."
"Do not think about yourself, but be aware of the thought, emotion, or action that makes you think of yourself."
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay."
"To me, then, true criticism consists in trying to find out the intrinsic worth of the thing itself, and not in attributing a quality to that thing. You attribute a quality to an environment, to an experience, only when you want to derive something from it, when you want to gain or to have power or happiness. Now this destroys true criticism. Your desire is perverted through attributing values, and therefore you cannot see clearly. Instead of trying to see the flower in its original and entire beauty, you look at it through coloured glasses, and therefore you can never see it as it is."
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
