Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes about People
Have you ever sat very quietly with closed eyes and watched the movement of your own thinking? Have you watched your mind working? or rather, has your mind watched itself in operation, just to see what your thoughts are, what your feelings are, how you look at the trees, at the flowers, at the birds, at people, how you respond to a suggestion or react to a new idea? Have you ever done this?
When you do not name a group of people, you are compelled to look at each individual face and not treat them all as the mass.
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.
Most people like to live in illusions.
Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action.
Love is the most practical thing in the world. To love, to be kind, not to be greedy, not to be ambitious, not to be influenced by people but to think for yourself-these are all very practical things, and they will bring about a practical, happy society.
There is hope in people, not in society, not in systems, but in you and me.
Most people are unhappy; and they are unhappy because there is no love in their hearts.