What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God's plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution.
Interpretation
The essence of humanity lies in understanding God's purpose, rather than superficial distinctions like religion or race.
In this quote, Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes that identifying a person's worth based on religion or race is trivial compared to the profound significance of grasping the divine purpose for humanity. He asserts that a greater, unifying concept – the idea that evolution is part of God's plan – is what truly matters, encouraging individuals to transcend divisive labels and seek a deeper understanding of their existence and interconnectedness.
In practice
In a discussion on the importance of unity in diversity during a community event.
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.
Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.
We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.
The community of masses of human beings has produced an order of life in regulated channels which connects individuals in a technically functioning organisation, but not inwardly from the historicity of their souls.
If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.
I'm offended by the kind of smarmy religiosity that's all around us, perhaps more in America than in Europe, and not really that harmful because it's not really that intense or even that serious, but just... you know after a while you get tired of hearing clergymen giving the invocation at various public celebrations and you feel, haven't we outgrown all this? Do we have to listen to this?
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