U.G. Krishnamurti

"If books and talks could change people, this world would become a paradise."

"Once you are relieved of the burden of culture, any potential will be exposed. What stands in the way is the culture, all the teachers and what they have taught."

"So, you never question the solutions. If you really question the solutions, you will have to question the ones who have offered you those solutions. But sentimentality stands in the way of your rejecting not only the solutions, but those who have offered you the solutions. Questioning that requires a tremendous courage on your part. You can have the courage to climb the mountain, swim the lakes, go on a raft to the other side of the Atlantic or Pacific. That any fool can do, but the courage to be on your own, to stand on your two solid feet, is something which cannot be given by somebody."

"Your minds pose as much a threat to the future of mankind as the nuclear weapons. The hydrogen bomb has its origin in the jawbone of an ass. The caveman used it to kill his neighbor. Here your civilized man is doing what the caveman did but you do it for the `good of mankind. Those who still hold that right is all on their side and that their eternal good will burn away the evil of others are the real enemies of mankind."

"The moment you repeat that which is not yours, you have become the follower of somebody."

"When the movement in the direction of becoming something other than what you are isnt there any more, you are not in conflict with yourself."