Jiddu Krishnamurti
Philosopher
Jiddu Krishnamurti was a philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it.
Born: May 11, 1895, Madanapalle, India
Died: February 17, 1986, Ojai, California, United States
Organizations founded: Krishnamurti Foundation, Rishi Valley School, The School KFI, Besant Hill School, Oak Grove School
Influenced: Joseph Campbell, David Bohm, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Lee, Pupul Jayakar, Achyut Patwardhan
Quotes
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
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