31/03/2026
Love alone can transform the present madness and insanity in the world – not systems, not theories, either of the left or of the right. —Krishnamurti
From The First and Last Freedom
Context: Love alone can transform the present madness and insanity in the world – not systems, not theories, either of the left or of the right. You really love only when you do not possess, when you are not envious, not greedy, when you are respectful, when you have mercy and compassion, when you have consideration for your wife or husband, your children, your neighbour. Love cannot be thought about, love cannot be cultivated, love cannot be practised. The practice of love is still within the field of the mind, therefore it is not love. When all this has stopped, love comes into being. Then you will know what it is to love. Then love is not quantitative but qualitative. You do not say, ‘I love the whole world,’ but when you know how to love one, you know how to love the whole. Because we do not know how to love one, our love of humanity is fictitious. When you love, there is neither one nor many: there is only love. It is only when there is love that all our problems can be solved, and then we shall know its bliss and its happiness.