Jiddu Krishnamurti - References:

• Angelo Gilardino: He taught freely, he taught freedom - he taught lovely, he taught love - he taught beatifully, he taught beauty - he taught simply, he taught simplicity. He was a gift of heavens for humanity.
• Franz Beckenbauer: I keep a copy of Freedom From The Known by my bedside... you should also read that book.
• George Bernard Shaw called Krishnamurti "a religious figure of the greatest distinction" and added, 'He is the most beautiful human being I have  ever seen."
• Khalil Gibran: "When he entered my room I said to myself, 'Surely the lord of love has come'."
• Van Morrison: "I feel the meaning of Krishnamurti for our time is that one has to think for oneself and not be swayed by any outside religious or spiritual authorities."
• Professor Bohm (associate of Einstein), after meeting Krishnamurti said: “The sky is different; it’s bigger.”
• Pepe Romero: "He was the essence of love."
• Henry Miller wrote, "There is no man I would consider it a greater privelege to meet". "I know of no living man whose thought is more inspiring." "There is a name . . . which stands out in contrast to all that is secret, suspect, confusing, bookish and enslaving: Krishnamurti. Here is one man of our time who may be said to be a master of reality. He stands alone..."  "[His] language is naked, revelatory and inspiring. . . Instead of an obstacle race or a rat trap, it makes of daily life a joyous pursuit. There is something about Krishnamurti's utterances which makes the reading of books seem utterly superfluous."
• Aldous Huxley, after attending one of Krishnamurti's talks, confided in a letter, ". . . the most impressive thing I have listened to. It was like listening to a discourse of the Buddha - such power, such intrinsic authority. . . ". " The reader will find a clear contemporary statement of the fundamental human problem, together with an invitation to solve it in the only way in which it can be solved - by and for himself."
• Times (London), Literary Supplement: "There is nothing vague about Krishnamurti's teaching. It is precise and penetrating."
• Joseph Campbell: "…I can scarcely think of anything but the beauty and wisdom of my friend(Krishnamurti)..."
• Deepak Chopra: "Krishnamurti influenced me profoundly and helped me personally break through the confines of my own self-imposed restrictions to my freedom."
• Joe Lewis, a world Karate champion and student of Bruce Lee said that two of his favorite books are Talking about Think On These Things, and A dialogue w/ K. He said that Bruce Lee applied a great deal of K’s teachings to both martial arts and acting.
• Atlantic Constitution: 'The author's reasoning is so clear, so straightforward, that the reader feels a challenge on every page."
• Alan Watts: "A strong ally who awakened responsive chords in me by the freshness of a way of thinking that was quite outside the usual ruts of moral and spiritual teaching."
• Richmond News-Leader: "Mr. Krishnamurti has written a most revolutionary book. With a sweep as wide as Gibran's The Prophet, he investigates such universals as 'The Individual and Society,' 'Self-Knowledge,' 'Fear,' 'Simplicity,' 'Awareness' and 'Self-Deception.' "
• Anne Morrow Lindberg: "Krishnamurti's observations and explorations of modern man's estate are penetrating and profund, yet given with a  disarming simplicity and directness. To listen to him or to read his thoughts is to face oneself and the world with an astonishing morning freshness."
• "One of the greatest thinkers of the age" Dalai Lama
• Time Magazine named K, along with Mother Teresa, as "one of the five saints of the 20th century".
• The Personalist: "A thought-provoking book, Life Ahead represents a first-hand account of the struggle to transcend human limitations. In its wider context it is an attempt to answer man's gnawing recognition of his own fear and his personal inadequacy."
• Fairfield Osborn "Education and the Significance of Life expresses clear and untrammeled thinking regarding some of the profound cultural problems of our people."
• Margueritte Harmon Bro: "Here is the work of a free mind curiously intent on truth without self-interest."
• Francis Hackett: "Krishnamurti is no other than he seems, a free man, one of the first quality, growing older as diamonds do but the gem-like flame not dating, and alive in these Commentaries (On Living). It is a treasure."
• Rollo May: These calm searching thoughts of an eastern thinker pierce to the roots of our western problems. A profound and fresh approach to self-understanding and deeper insights into the meaning of personal freedom and mature love.
• I've read the works of all major Western and Eastern philosophers and in my humble opinion K is the greatest philosopher who ever walked the earth. Reza Ganjavi
• It's beautiful, expresses thoughts i have, just didn't find the words for them yet.  Judith Hess
  
• His thought provoking passages are unceasingly everlasting. Jay Evans
• He was just a freelancer, didn’t belong to any organization, ideology…, just a very intelligent human looking at the problems of living and he had amazing insights into the nature of the mind. Reza Ganjavi
• K has had a huge impact on my life.  I, probably not unlike many of us, was raised very confused.  I also suffered from tremendous fears.  But much of this has been cleared up by the last quarter century of exposure to K's work.  What a relief! Russ Wesp