Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then stop at that…. Do not rely on following the degree of understanding that you have discovered, but simply think, "This is not enough.

If I believe that I have done it all, there's nothing more for me to learn and explore.

Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

The day that you stop learning is the day that you start decreasing your rewards and start suffering from frustration and lower levels of satisfaction.

We know that once we stop learning and call ourselves learned, we become useless members of the scientific society.

I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.

If you don't learn constantly, you don't grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.

The day you are content, you will stop growing.

If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

I hope I continue to learn. If I don't, then I know everything.

The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

There is nothing spiritual about complacency.

If thou would'st have that stream of hard-earn'd knowledge, of Wisdom heaven-born, remain sweet running waters, thou should'st not leave it to become a stagnant pond.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.

It's easy to fall into the trap of feeling like you've heard everything before and that you have nothing left to learn.

Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.

Idleness and constancy fix the mind to what it finds easy and agreeable. This habit always confines and cramps up our knowledge; and no one has ever taken the trouble to stretch and carry his understanding as far as it could go.

I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.

All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.

When you stop learning you stop growing.

The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.

Progress is a comfortable disease.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.