I read Herman Hesse's 'Siddhartha' while I was writing 'Lord of Light' along with many other things. It seemed a good time… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
If man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. If, for instance, Siddhartha had not learned… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Slowly blossomed, slowly ripened in Siddhartha the realisation, the knowledge, what wisdom actually was, what the goal of his long search was.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
He looked around, as if he was seeing the world for the first time. Beautiful was the world, colorful was the world,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“I will learn from myself, be my own pupil; I will learn from myself the secret of Siddhartha.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The secret of health for both mind and body is...live the present moment wisely and earnestly. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“I do not seek to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let [them] be content with such feats!” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha began to understand that it was not happiness and peace that had come to him with his son but, rather, sorrow… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
During deep meditation it is possible to dispel time, to see simultaneously all the past, present, and future, and then everything is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And so Gotama wandered into the town to obtain alms, and the two Samanas recognized him only by his complete peacefulness of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“...the opposite of every truth is just as true! That is to say, any truth can only be expressed and put into… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You love nobody. Is that not true?" "Maybe," said Siddhartha wearily. "I am like you. You cannot love either, otherwise how could… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The father touched Siddhartha's shoulder. 'You will go into the forest,' he said, 'and become a Samana. If you find bliss in… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
What if somebody came along who could teach me how my world works and how to control it What if I could… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Out of this moment, where the world melted away all around him, where he appeared as the sole star in the sky,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“For years he had been without a home and not felt it. Now he felt it. Up until now, even in the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“but what is it you wanted to learn from the teachings and teachers, and those who taught you so much, what could… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
What a wonderful sleep it had been! Never had sleep so refreshed him, so renewed him, so rejuvenated him! Perhaps he had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha gave his garments to a poor Brahman in the street. He wore nothing more than the loincloth and the earth-coloured, unsown… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“On a strange and devious way, Siddhartha had gotten into this final and most base of all dependencies, by means of the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“What is meditation? What is leaving one's body? What is fasting? What is holding one's breath? It is fleeing from the self,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
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