Quotes by Siddhartha Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everythiong else. Gautama Buddha siddharthaenlightenmentbuddhist He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings. Gautama Buddha siddharthadiversityself Everything changes, nothing remains without change. Gautama Buddha siddharthabuddhistchange There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Gautama Buddha siddharthabuddhismdoubt Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life. Hermann Hesse siddharthagreatnessspeech My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life. Hermann Hesse siddhartharealself What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find. Hermann Hesse siddharthaliteraturewould-be The reason why I do not know anything about myself, the reason why Siddhartha has remained alien and unknown to myself is due to one thing, to one single thing--I was afraid of myself, I was fleeing from myself. I was seeking Atman, I was seeking Brahman, I was determined to dismember myself and tear away its layers of husk in order to find in its unknown innermost recess the kernel at the heart of those layers, the Atman, life, the divine principle, the ultimate. But in so doing, I was losing myself. Hermann Hesse siddharthaheartorder I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions. Hermann Hesse siddharthainspirational Your soul is the whole world. Hermann Hesse siddharthasoulworld I shall no longer be instructed by the Yoga Veda or the Aharva Veda, or the ascetics, or any other doctrine whatsoever. I shall learn from myself, be a pupil of myself; I shall get to know myself, the mystery of Siddhartha." He looked around as if he were seeing the world for the first time. Hermann Hesse siddharthayogawisdom He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value . . . he has given to me myself. Hermann Hesse siddharthagivengreater No, a true seeker, one who truly wished to find, could accept no doctrine. But the man who has found what he sought, such a man could approve of every doctrine, each and every one, every path, every goal; nothing separated him any longer from all those thousands of others who lived in the eternal, who breathed the Divine. Hermann Hesse siddharthagoalmen They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. Hermann Hesse siddharthavoicewater I, also, would like to look and smile, sit and walk like that, so free, so worthy, so restrained, so candid, so childlike and mysterious. A man only looks and walks like that when he has conquered his Self. I also will conquer my Self. Hermann Hesse siddharthaselfmen One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error. Hermann Hesse siddharthaerrorsself I want to learn from myself, want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha. Hermann Hesse siddharthasecretwant Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret. Hermann Hesse siddharthasecret-lovepeople The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future. Hermann Hesse siddharthariverspast I can think. I can wait. I can fast. Hermann Hesse siddharthawaitingthinking12»
