Outward beauty can never last...We cultivate the outer, paying so little attention to the things inside the skin...it is the worm inside the apple that destroys the freshness of the apple

To see and be aware of one's thoughts make one intensively sensitive, pliable and alert. Don't condemn or judge, but be very alert. Out of separation, out of the dross comes pure gold

Life is a strange business. Happy is the man who is nothing

We love on our own terms, making love a marketable thing. We have market mentality and love is not marketable, a give-and-take-affair. It's a state of being in which all man's problems are resolved

Whatever happens, don't let the body shape the nature of the mind - be aware of the body, eat right, be by yourself during the day for some hours. Don't slip back and don't be a slave to circumstances. Be tremendous - be awake

Humility is simplicity, but the cultivated humility is another form of worldliness

One must be very clear within oneself. Then I assure you everything will come right; be clear and you will see that things will shape themselves right without your doing anything about it

Life is strange, so many things happen unexpectedly; mere resistance will not solve any problem. One needs infinite pliability and a single heart

The stillness of the mind is the freedom from duality

Things may not be easy, but more one asks of life, the more fearful and painful it becomes. To live simply uninfluenced...to be without varying moods and demands is not easy, but without deep quite life all things are futile

Some of the simple, profound and yet powerful enlightening quotes from the book "Happy is the Man who is Nothing" by Jiddu Krishnamurti.  As stated by Pupul Jayakar in this book it is the compilation of the letters written to a young friend who came to him wounded in body and mind. Letters written between 1948-1960.

One of the great teachers of the twentieth century shows a more intimate side in this collection of letters, written to a young person who was suffering in both body and mind. "Life is a razor's edge and one has to walk on that path with exquisite care and with pliable wisdom"  - J Krishnamurti Between 1948 and the early 1960s, Krishnamurti was easily accessible and many people came to him. On walks, in personal meetings, through letters, the relationships blossomed. He wrote the following letters to a young friend who came to him wounded in body and mind. The letters, written between June 1948 and March 1960, reveal a rare compassion and clarity: the teaching and healing unfold; separation and distance disappear; the words flow; not a word is superfluous; the healing and teaching are simultaneous.

JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI

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