Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

Our responsibility is much greater than we might have supposed, because it involves all mankind.

The world is our responsibility. We cannot evade it.

Few are guilty, but all are responsible.

Responsibility does not only lie with the leaders of our countries or with those who have been appointed or elected to do a particular job. It lies with each of us individually.

I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

Freedom only remains healthy if we think about the implications of what we do on a day-to-day basis.

One must always be aware, to notice even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you...

I am only one. But I am one. I cannot do everything. But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do

There was just this stage where I realised that people were listening to what I was saying and I could actually say something I believe in and, like... why wasn't I doing that? It's not because I think I have a responsibility as a pop star or whatever; it's because I think I have a responsibility as a human being.

Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

Freedom & Duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social responsibility, they will not long remain free.

Our responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government. 'Am I my brother's keeper?' Most certainly I am! I cannot escape my responsibility by saying the State will do all that is necessary. It is a tragedy that nowadays so many think and feel otherwise.

There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.

I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can.

Before I can embrace freedom, I should be aware of what duties I have.

Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

We create the world in which we live; if that world becomes unfit for human life, it is because we tire of our responsibility.

It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.

We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem." Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children