It is only in alert silence that truth can be.
Interpretation
Truth is revealed in moments of quiet contemplation rather than in noise and chaos.
This quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes the importance of silence and presence in discovering truth. In a world filled with distractions and constant noise, it suggests that genuine understanding and insight can only arise when we pause and listen attentively, allowing for deeper introspection and clarity to emerge.
In practice
A speaker at a mindfulness workshop might use this quote to encourage participants to embrace silence.
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way. One cause of this situation, in my opinion, is in the our relationship with money, and our acceptance of its power over ourselves and our society.
Fine words are traded. Noble deeds gain respect. But people who are not good, why abandon them?
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
I'm more than ever of the opinion that a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humor is a great help.
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest.
The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.
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