Siddhartha

"Perhaps everything that happens is already victory."

"I have still to find the Self in myself."

"To love is to hurt and to be hurt."

"I have sinned much, but all has returned to me as wisdom."

"Each man must find his own path; no one can show him the way."

"Pleasure and pain are both illusions of the seeking mind."

"I have discovered that sorrow and joy are sisters."

"I can think. I can wait. I can fast."

"I have learned from the river that everything I have been looking for is already within me."

"You cannot teach wisdom, you can only awaken it."

"To find peace, one must first know oneself."

"I have no fear of what lies ahead, for I understand what lies within."

"The ferryman taught me that all things flow, and nothing remains constant."

"In solitude, I discovered my true self."

"I sought happiness in all places, only to find it nowhere but within."

"In my youth, I believed knowledge came from books; in my age, I know it comes from living."

"The world is full of those who seek but do not find."

"I have learned that attachment is the root of all sorrow."

"Freedom is not the absence of chains, but freedom from desire for them."

"In each person, I see the face of eternity."

"Beauty lies not in perfection, but in acceptance of all things as they are."

"I sought enlightenment through denial, but found it through acceptance."

"Kindness is the language that transcends all boundaries."

"To be awakened is to see that you were never asleep."

"In silence, I heard the sound of my own being."

"I have died a thousand times to be reborn as myself."

"The world mirrors back to us only what we believe about ourselves."

"To love is to release all expectation and embrace what simply is."

"In the end, the seeker and the sought become one."

"I have learned that wisdom cannot be taught, only remembered."