Siddhartha

"Life is neither victory nor defeat, but a journey of discovery"

"In letting go of my son, I found my true connection to all beings"

"I have learned that sorrow and joy are two sides of the same moment"

"Each person carries their own truth within them"

"The river flows around all obstacles; perhaps I must learn to do the same"

"I must become as a child again to understand the world anew"

"No path is wrong if it leads to awakening"

"Through loss, I learned the value of what I possess"

"The merchant's gold is as meaningless as the beggar's stones"

"Despair is the fruit of expecting the world to be other than it is"

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance with truth"

"I have become humble through my failures"

"The world within is as vast as the world without"

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going"

"The love I feel for my son taught me what enlightenment truly means"

"I see that all people struggle with something; all are carrying a burden"

"Suffering is necessary until you realize there is no one to suffer"

"I am no longer afraid of myself; I no longer believe in the self that was afraid"

"My path does not lead through villages and monasteries, but inward, toward myself"

"Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, live it, do wonders through it"

"Love cannot be described, only experienced and lived"

"Perhaps I must sin in order to learn; perhaps I must become lost in order to find myself"

"The world, Siddhartha, is not imperfect or slowly evolving towards perfection"

"I learned through love. I am continuing to learn through love"

"When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking"

"Each man must find his own path; the Buddha can only show the way"

"Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal"

"I have learned through my body and soul that it is very necessary for me to sin, to strive, to suffer and to fail"

"To be present in this moment is to be eternal."

"Every farewell contains the seed of a new beginning."