Tag:  Wisdom

• Self-knowledge is not a conclusion, an end; it has no beginning and no end. November 23, 2009

  Questioner: I have been told that you do not read any philosophical or religious literature. I can hardly credit this, as when I listen to you I realize that you must have read, or have, some secre...

• Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. March 03, 2010

  Self-knowledge is the beginning of wisdom. Self-knowledge is cultivated through the individual's search of himself. I am not putting the individual in opposition to the mass. They are not antitheti...

• listening to my talks, or reading what I have said, is not going to awaken intelligence or lead you to truth, to that ecstasy of life which is in continual movement. July 01, 2011

  You know, you have been here at my talks, fortunately or unfortunately, for the last four or five days, and merely listening to my talks is not going to do anything, is not going to give you wisdom...

• If wisdom could be acquired through a religious society or sect, we should all be wise, for we have had religions with us for thousands of years. January 12, 2012

  Question: I belong to no religion, but I am a member of two societies which give me knowledge and spiritual wisdom. If I give these up, how can I ever reach perfection? Krishnamurti: If you unde...