Siddhartha

"The world, friend Govinda, is not imperfect or slowly evolving towards perfection."

"I have become aware of the Self, and with it I have found peace."

"One cannot be deceived; one is only deceived by oneself."

"I can do nothing but wait, fast, and think."

"The opposite of every truth is equally true."

"No one brings anybody to enlightenment."

"I sought to destroy myself out of impatience and despair."

"I sought love and found only suffering."

"To be able to wait, to be able to fast, these are my gifts."

"I have been awakened to the eternity of all being."

"The world is imperfect, and man must accept this imperfection."

"I have learned that the self is the greatest teacher."

"Each man must discover truth for himself."

"Suffering teaches the deepest lessons."

"I have found that love exists in simple moments."

"The business world teaches nothing but deception."

"Freedom comes only through surrender."

"I sought in the world and found only emptiness."

"Desire and renunciation are two sides of the same coin."

"I have learned to embrace both joy and sorrow."

"To know oneself is to know all things."

"Love transcends all personal desires and attachments."

"When someone is seeking, it happens quite often that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything."

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

"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness."

"By the river I have learned to listen, to this river it seems to say: everything returns!"

"Time is an illusion."

"I learned through my body and soul that it was necessary for me to sin, to strive, to struggle, to suffer."

"The world, as it is now, is not good nor bad. It simply is."

"Perhaps everything that happens to a man is meant to improve him."