Siddhartha

"Seeking means: to have a goal. But finding means: to be free."

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

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

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

"Time is an illusion."

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

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

"Every man has his destiny, and no one can do more or less than his destiny."

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

"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."

"Love transcends all personal desires and attachments."

"To know oneself is to know all things."

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

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

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

"Freedom comes only through surrender."

"The business world teaches nothing but deception."

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

"Suffering teaches the deepest lessons."

"Each man must discover truth for himself."

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

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

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

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

"I sought love and found only suffering."

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

"No one brings anybody to enlightenment."

"The opposite of every truth is equally true."

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

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