--- title: "Best Roger Zelazny Quotes" description: "Roger Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science‑fiction, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. Browse 220 Roger Zelazny quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-roger-zelazny-1604.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-roger-zelazny-1604.jpg) # Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) Writer United States **220** quotes in **780** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Roger Zelazny was a writer from the United States, best known for *The Last Defender of Camelot*. ## Quick Facts About Roger Zelazny Born May 13, 1937 Died June 14, 1995 Nationality United States Profession Writer Notable works The Last Defender of Camelot Known for Doorways in the Sand, Lord of Light, The Chronicles of Amber, A Night in the Lonesome October, Eye of Cat ## About Roger Zelazny He won the Nebula Award three times and the Hugo Award six times. Two of his Hugo wins were for novels: the serial novel And Call Me Conrad (later published as This Immortal) and Lord of Light. ## Awards & Honors Hugo Award for Best Novel Hugo Award for Best Novella Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Prix Tour-Apollo Award Nebula Award for Best Novelette Hugo Award for Best Novelette Nebula Award for Best Novella Inkpot Award Show 3 more awards Geffen Award Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame Locus Award for Best Collection ## Quotes by Roger Zelazny · Page 2 > [Love is a negative form of hatred.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/love-is-a-negative-form-of-hatred/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/form/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/roger-zelazny-1604_form_love-is-a-negative-form-of-hatred-192117_1921172.png) > [Nobody steals books but your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/nobody-steals-books-but-your-friends/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/roger-zelazny-1604_book_nobody-steals-books-but-your-friends-179_1798369.png) > [The death of an illusion tends to disconcert.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-death-of-an-illusion-tends-to-disconcert/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27c/roger-zelazny-1604_death_the-death-of-an-illusion-tends-to-discon_990889.png) > [Any man would be forsworn to gain a kingdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/any-man-would-be-forsworn-to-gain-a-kingdom/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Gains](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gains/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/roger-zelazny-1604_gains_any-man-would-be-forsworn-to-gain-a-king_2939134.png) > [“Spavati, možda i sanjati...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/spavati-mo-da-i-sanjati/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Toga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/toga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/roger-zelazny-1604_toga_spavati-mo-da-i-sanjati-3155522_3155522.png) > [Death is the only limit to the road you travel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/death-is-the-only-limit-to-the-road-you-travel/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/roger-zelazny-1604_death_death-is-the-only-limit-to-the-road-you_1663954.png) > [“I'm a lost soul. We do wail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-m-a-lost-soul-we-do-wail/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Humor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/roger-zelazny-1604_humor_i-m-a-lost-soul-we-do-wail-903988_903988.png) > [Good-bye and hello, as always.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/good-bye-and-hello-as-always/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Bye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/roger-zelazny-1604_bye_good-bye-and-hello-as-always-555762_555762.png) > [“...the headwaters of Shit Creek are a cruel and treacherous expanse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-headwaters-of-shit-creek-are-a-cruel-and-treacherous-expanse/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Creek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/roger-zelazny-1604_creek_the-headwaters-of-shit-creek-are-a-cruel_1944917.png) > [I care more, and I think readers do also, for characters in a state of transformation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-care-more-and-i-think-readers-do-also-for-characters-in-a-state-of/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/roger-zelazny-1604_books_i-care-more-and-i-think-readers-do-also_1831686.png) > [The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-absence-of-a-monument-can-in-its-own-way-be-something-of-a/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Absence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/roger-zelazny-1604_absence_the-absence-of-a-monument-can-in-its-own_2090925.png) > [“I saw the Old Moon with the New Moon in her arms, hovering above a row of poplars. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-saw-the-old-moon-with-the-new-moon-in-her-arms-hovering-above-a-row/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/moon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/roger-zelazny-1604_moon_i-saw-the-old-moon-with-the-new-moon-in_2499302.png) > [No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/no-word-matters-but-man-forgets-reality-and-remembers-words/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Forget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/roger-zelazny-1604_forget_no-word-matters-but-man-forgets-reality_487576.png) > [“We crossed a small but sturdy wooden bridge a little later, but no trolls were taking tolls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/we-crossed-a-small-but-sturdy-wooden-bridge-a-little-later-but-no/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Bridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bridge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/roger-zelazny-1604_bridge_we-crossed-a-small-but-sturdy-wooden-bri_524315.png) > [I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-who-comes-when-you-call/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Comes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/614/roger-zelazny-1604_comes_i-know-too-that-death-is-the-only-god-wh_59110.png) > [The power to hurt ... has evolved in a direct relationship to technological advancement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/the-power-to-hurt-has-evolved-in-a-direct-relationship-to/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Advancement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advancement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/roger-zelazny-1604_advancement_the-power-to-hurt-has-evolved-in-a-direc_2273731.png) > [“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/once-a-buddha-always-a-buddha-sam-dust-off-some-of-your-old-parables/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/roger-zelazny-1604_buddha_once-a-buddha-always-a-buddha-sam-dust-o_2360790.jpg) > [I was writing 'He Who Shapes' when I was working for the Social Security Administration in Baltimore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-was-writing-he-who-shapes-when-i-was-working-for-the-social/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [He](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/he/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a34/roger-zelazny-1604_he_i-was-writing-he-who-shapes-when-i-was-w_2676576.jpg) > [A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/a-powerful-flight-of-the-imagination-an-entirely-enjoyable-reading/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/roger-zelazny-1604_books_a-powerful-flight-of-the-imagination-an_111653.png) > [There are stars, stars, scattered stars, blackness all between. They ripple and fold and bend, and they rush toward him, rush by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/there-are-stars-stars-scattered-stars-blackness-all-between-they/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/roger-zelazny-1604_angel_there-are-stars-stars-scattered-stars-bl_1762068.png) > [“We fought.' 'A duel?' 'Nothing that formal. A simultaneous decision to murder one another is more like it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/we-fought-a-duel-nothing-that-formal-a-simultaneous-decision-to/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Duel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/roger-zelazny-1604_duel_we-fought-a-duel-nothing-that-formal-a-s_549017.png) > [I do admire great essayists. I'm a particular fan of good nature writing. People like Robert Finch. I read great quantities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-do-admire-great-essayists-i-m-a-particular-fan-of-good-nature/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Admire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/568/roger-zelazny-1604_admire_i-do-admire-great-essayists-i-m-a-partic_1735961.png) > [If I get enough letters saying you never explained this or that, I suppose I'll have to write another book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/if-i-get-enough-letters-saying-you-never-explained-this-or-that-i/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea2/roger-zelazny-1604_book_if-i-get-enough-letters-saying-you-never_1158328.png) > [When I got to college, I didn't take writing classes, just the standard freshman composition class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/when-i-got-to-college-i-didn-t-take-writing-classes-just-the-standard/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/roger-zelazny-1604_class_when-i-got-to-college-i-didn-t-take-writ_2806478.png) > [“Can life be counted upon to limit itself? No. It is the mindless striving of two to become infinity. Can death be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/can-life-be-counted-upon-to-limit-itself-no-it-is-the-mindless/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1969](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1969-436/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/roger-zelazny-1604_1969_can-life-be-counted-upon-to-limit-itself_2509763.png) > [Did you ever look back at some moment in your past and have it suddenly grow so vivid that all the intervening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/did-you-ever-look-back-at-some-moment-in-your-past-and-have-it/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Afternoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/afternoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/roger-zelazny-1604_afternoon_did-you-ever-look-back-at-some-moment-in_1367756.png) > [I see myself as a novelist, period. I mean, the material I work with is what is classified as science fiction and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-see-myself-as-a-novelist-period-i-mean-the-material-i-work-with-is/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/roger-zelazny-1604_character_i-see-myself-as-a-novelist-period-i-mean_524749.png) > [I tried a very fancy attack I'd learned in France, which involved a beat, a feint in quarte, a feint in sixte,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-tried-a-very-fancy-attack-i-d-learned-in-france-which-involved-a/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e6/roger-zelazny-1604_art_i-tried-a-very-fancy-attack-i-d-learned_1464897.png) > [“I wish that some time, long ago, something had not been said that was said, or something done that was not done.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-wish-that-some-time-long-ago-something-had-not-been-said-that-was/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Another man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/another-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/roger-zelazny-1604_another-man_i-wish-that-some-time-long-ago-something_480913.jpg) > [Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands - alternately cool, warm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/dwelling-beside-a-body-of-water-is-tonic-for-the-weary-psyche-sea/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Bathing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bathing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/roger-zelazny-1604_bathing_dwelling-beside-a-body-of-water-is-tonic_2509088.jpg) > [“It would be an act of wisdom to depart immediately… but wisdom is itself the product of knowledge; and knowledge, unfortunately, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/it-would-be-an-act-of-wisdom-to-depart-immediately-but-wisdom-is/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1969](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1969-436/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64d/roger-zelazny-1604_1969_it-would-be-an-act-of-wisdom-to-depart-i_458121.png) > [“I was willing to die fighting, but it was senseless for all these men to go down with me. Perhaps my blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-was-willing-to-die-fighting-but-it-was-senseless-for-all-these-men/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Willing to die](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/willing-to-die/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa7/roger-zelazny-1604_willing-to-die_i-was-willing-to-die-fighting-but-it-was_46454.png) > [“I feel obligated to point out, though, that I have always been a sucker for ideas I find aesthetically pleasing. The cosmic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-feel-obligated-to-point-out-though-that-i-have-always-been-a-sucker/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Anthropology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anthropology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/roger-zelazny-1604_anthropology_i-feel-obligated-to-point-out-though-tha_1700479.jpg) > [“Pijesak, kamenje, vjetar, još narančastije nebo, gomila plosnatih oblaka prema kojima je padalo sunce... Potom duge sjene, umiranje vjetra, mir... Samo zvuk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/pijesak-kamenje-vjetar-jo-naran-astije-nebo-gomila-plosnatih-oblaka/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Toga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/toga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/roger-zelazny-1604_toga_pijesak-kamenje-vjetar-jo-naran-astije-n_1099342.png) > [“Sve dok nisam došao do čarobne riječi. Amber. (...) Riječ bijaše nabijena strahovitom čežnjom i golemom nostalgijom. Imala je, zamotan u sebi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/sve-dok-nisam-do-ao-do-arobne-rije-i-amber-rije-bija-e-nabijena/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Toga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/toga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/roger-zelazny-1604_toga_sve-dok-nisam-do-ao-do-arobne-rije-i-amb_826892.png) > [You who are dead ... tonight you will disport yourselves for my pleasure. Food and wine will pass between your dead lips,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/you-who-are-dead-tonight-you-will-disport-yourselves-for-my-pleasure/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Embrace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/embrace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/549/roger-zelazny-1604_embrace_you-who-are-dead-tonight-you-will-dispor_1639189.png) > [“Time means a lot to me, paperwork wastes it, and I have always been a firm believer in my right to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/time-means-a-lot-to-me-paperwork-wastes-it-and-i-have-always-been-a/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [1976](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-1976-449/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c50/roger-zelazny-1604_1976_time-means-a-lot-to-me-paperwork-wastes_1091658.png) > [“And the man clad in black and silver with a silver rose upon him? He would like to think that he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/and-the-man-clad-in-black-and-silver-with-a-silver-rose-upon-him-he/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Blind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/roger-zelazny-1604_blind_and-the-man-clad-in-black-and-silver-wit_2610842.png) > [“I sucked on a blade of grass and watched the millwheel turn. I was lying on my stomach on the stream's opposite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/i-sucked-on-a-blade-of-grass-and-watched-the-millwheel-turn-i-was/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Drowned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drowned/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/roger-zelazny-1604_drowned_i-sucked-on-a-blade-of-grass-and-watched_924723.jpg) > [“Ali čovek zaboravlja stvarnost i pamti samo reci. Što je reči više upamtio, to ga pametnijim smatrajunjegovi drugovi. On gleda velike transformacije…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-zelazny/ali-ovek-zaboravlja-stvarnost-i-pamti-samo-reci-to-je-re-i-vi-e/) [Roger Zelazny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/) [Toga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/toga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cb/roger-zelazny-1604_toga_ali-ovek-zaboravlja-stvarnost-i-pamti-sa_2134567.jpg) ## Roger Zelazny by topic [Time (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/roger-zelazny/) [Writing (20)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing/roger-zelazny/) [Death (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/roger-zelazny/) [Life (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/roger-zelazny/) [Books (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/roger-zelazny/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-zelazny/#itemlist", "name": "Roger Zelazny Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": 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Potom duge sjene, umiranje vjetra, mir... Samo zvuk kopita na kamenju i zvuci našeg disanja... Prigušeno svjetlo kad se sunce sudarilo s oblacima... Zidovi dana potresani grmljavinom... Neprirodno jasni obrisi udaljenih predmeta... Hladan, električno plavi osjećaj u zraku... Opet grmljavina... Sad - uzbiban, staklasti zastor kiše koja mi se približava zdesna... Plave pukotine u oblacima... 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She was gesturing, beckoning frantically, and calling my name. I leaned toward her, seeing her clearly, wanting her, wanting to help her. But as the wheel continued its turning she passed from my sight. “Corwin!” I tried to ignore her cry, for I was almost to the top. It came again, but I tensed myself and prepared to spring upward. If it did not stop for me, I was going to try gimmicking the damned thing, even though falling off would mean my total ruin. I readied myself for the leap. Another click... “Corwin!” It receded, returned, faded, and I was looking toward the water wheel again with my name echoing in my ears and mingling, merging, fading into the sound of the stream. … It plunged for over a thousand feet: a mighty cataract that smote the gray river like an anvil. The currents were rapid and strong, bearing bubbles and flecks of foam a great distance before they finally dissolved. 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Čovek tim snovima daje imena i zamišlja da je uhvatio bivstvo samo, a ne zna da samo priziva privide. PONEKAD, MOŽDA, POJAVI SE SANJAR KOJI JE SVESTAN DA SANJA. ON MOŽDA KONTROLIŠE DELIĆ SUPSTANCE SNA, U STANJU JE DA TOM SUPSTANCOM RASPOLAŽE PO SVOJOJ VOLJI, ILI MOŽDA USPEVA DA SE PONEKAD DELIMIČNO PROBUDI, DOSPEVAJUĆI TAKO DO POVEĆANE SAMOSPOZNAJE. AKO IZABERE PUT SAMOSPOZNAJE, NJEGOVA SLAVA ĆE BITI VELIKA, KROZ SVE VEKOVE ON ĆE SIJATI KAO ZVEZDA. ALI AKO SE, MEĐUTIM, OPREDELI ZA STAZU TANTRI, GDE SE SPAJAJU SAMSARA I NIRVANA, GDE SE SVET SHVATA ALI SE ISTOVREMENO U NJEMU ŽIVI, ON ĆE BITI JEDAN OD MOĆNIH MEĐU SANJARIMA. MOĆ SVOJU ON MOŽE UPOTREBITI ZA ZLO ILI ZA DOBRO. Živeti u Samsari, međutim, znači biti podložan uticaju moćnih sanjara. Ako oni moć koriste za dobro, nastaju zlatna vremena. Ako je koriste za zlo, nastaju mračna vremena. San se može preobraziti u košmar. Čovek mora prvo da odradi opterećenja svoje karme, svog mesa, tela, pre nego što dostigne prosvetljenje. U svetlosti večnih istina, kažu mudraci, patnja je kao ništa; u terminima Samsare, kažu mudraci, ona vodi dobru. Bezimeno, čiji smo deo svi mi, sanja formu. Koji je najviši atribut ijednoj formi dostupan? Lepota. Bezimeno je, dakle, umetnik. Problem, dakle, nije u oblasti dileme dobro - zlo, nego u estetskoj oblasti. 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