When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely - the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.

Quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti

Topics: Attention Quotes, Heart Quotes, Listening Quotes, Mind Quotes, Understanding Quotes

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any...

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity,...

By our pontifical assertions, our superior impatience, and our casual brushing aside of their curiosity,...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word,...

Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word,...

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the...

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

Religion is the frozen thought of man out of which they build temples.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something...

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving...

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving...

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

The flowering of love is meditation.

The flowering of love is meditation.

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass...

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats...

A consistent thinker is a thoughtless person, because he conforms to a pattern; he repeats...