What would you say if you were not conditioned by your religion, by your fears; what would you say about God? Of course, God is a marvellous investment—you can preach about God and you will make a lot of money—as they are doing.
We are facing a tremendous crisis which the politicians can never solve. Nor can the scientists understand or solve the crisis, nor yet the business world, the world of money. The turning point is not in politics, in religion, in the scientific world; it is in our consciousness.
War: A Spectacular, Bloody Projection Of Ourselves
War is merely an outward expression of our inward state, an enlargement of our daily action. It is more spectacular, more bloody, more destructive, but it is the collective result of our individual activities. Therefore you and I are responsible for war, and what can we do to stop it?
J. Krishnamurti - On Learning (Life Ahead Introduction)
It seems to me that a totally different kind of morality and conduct, and an action that springs from the understanding of the whole process of living, have become an urgent necessity, in our world of mounting crises and problems. We try to deal with these issues through political and organizational methods, through economic readjustment and various reforms; but none of these things will ever resolve the complex difficulties of human existence, though they may offer temporary relief.