To learn about oneself, a living thing, you have to watch, learn anew each minute.
Interpretation
Self-discovery is a continuous process that requires constant observation and reflection.
This quote emphasizes the importance of ongoing self-awareness and attentiveness to one's own thoughts and actions. Krishnamurti suggests that self-understanding is not a one-time event but rather a dynamic experience that unfolds as we engage with our environment and reflect on our experiences in each moment.
In practice
During a personal development workshop, you could share this quote to inspire participants to engage in self-reflection.
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.
It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?
Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings.
The smartest groups, then, are made up of people with diverse perspectives who are able to stay independent of each other.
You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
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