“I will learn from myself, be my own pupil; I will learn from myself the secret of Siddhartha.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You show the world as a complete, unbroken chain, an eternal chain, linked together by cause and effect. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shramanas satisfy themselves with such skills. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. — Hermann Hesse 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
“Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.” — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Ephemeral, highly ephemeral is the world of formations; ephemeral, highly ephemeral are our clothes and hairstyles, and our hair and our bodies… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks… — Gautama Buddha 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
Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha was thus loved by everyone. He was a source of joy for everybody, he was a delight for them all. But… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You will become tired, Siddhartha." "I will become tired." "You will fall asleep, Siddhartha." "I will not fall asleep." "You will die,… — Anonymous 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
“...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
“If a transaction in progress appeared threatened with failure, if a shipment of goods seemed to have gone astray, or if a… — Hermann Hesse 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
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
“And when I had learned it, I looked at my life, and it was also a river, and the boy Siddhartha was… — 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
Whether it is good or evil, whether life in itself is pain or pleasure, whether it is uncertain-that it may perhaps be… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha saw it hurrying, the river, which consisted of him and his loved ones and of all people, he had ever seen,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The reason why I do not know anything about myself, the reason why Siddhartha has remained alien and unknown to myself is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Having been pondering while slowly walking along, he now stopped as these thoughts caught hold of him, and right away another thought… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
One particular aspect of Siddhartha’s revelation of the outside world has always struck me. Quite possibly he lived his first thirty years… — Daniel Tammet 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
“But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
