"Being is infinitely more significant than becoming."

Krishnamurti's Notebook, p.72


"Is there not action without this becoming?"

The First and Last Freedom, p.51


"When you desire to be transformed, you are still thinking in terms of becoming; that which is becoming can never know that which is being."

The First and Last Freedom, p.287


"Becoming creates the sense of time, which is really the postponement of understanding. The 'I shall be' is an illusion born of self-importance."

Commentaries on Living, First Series, p.22