What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God's plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution.
Interpretation
The essence of humanity lies in understanding God's purpose, rather than superficial distinctions like religion or race.
In this quote, Jiddu Krishnamurti emphasizes that identifying a person's worth based on religion or race is trivial compared to the profound significance of grasping the divine purpose for humanity. He asserts that a greater, unifying concept β the idea that evolution is part of God's plan β is what truly matters, encouraging individuals to transcend divisive labels and seek a deeper understanding of their existence and interconnectedness.
In practice
In a discussion on the importance of unity in diversity during a community event.
The following of authority is the denial of intelligence. [It] may help us temporarily to cover up our difficulties and problems; but to avoid a problem is only to intensify it, and in the process, self-knowledge and freedom are abandoned.
In seeking comfort, we generally find a quiet corner in life where there is a minimum of conflict, and then we are afraid to step out of that seclusion.
If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.
If you have this extraordinary thing going in your life, then it is everything; then you become the teacher, the disciple, the neighbour, the beauty of the cloud - you are all that, and that is love.
Meditation is one of the greatest arts in life - perhaps the greatest, and one cannot possibly learn it from anybody, that is the beauty of it.
All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That's human nature.
I believe that the pursuit of truth and right ideas through honest debate and rigorous argument is a noble undertaking.
At the time of Galileo the Church remained much more reasonable than Galileo himself. The process against Galileo was reasonable and just.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
So few humans seem to fully exist themselves that I wonder if all this endless speculation and haggling about God is really an exploration of a more interesting and embarrassing question about ourselves.
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