Siddhartha

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

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

"It is good to act and live for others, but not to lose yourself."

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

"I have learned through my body and soul that it was necessary for me to sin, to stray, to suffer want and experience nausea and despair."

"When someone seeks, he often becomes blind to everything he already has."

"Each person must drink from their own cup."

"The soul speaks in silence."

"All suffering comes from ignorance."

"Desire is a river without end."

"Truth wears many faces."

"I have learned to love the world."

"The law applies even to the guilty."

"One must die to be reborn."

"I have awakened."

"I have had pleasure, I have become rich, I have despaired."

"One cannot flee anything, one cannot resist anything except by fighting with it."

"Money can buy comfort but not peace."

"Each man must find truth in his own way."

"The goal will lose its power when you have reached it."

"I am ready to listen."

"My son, we are not separate."

"A man should respect the desires that arise in him."

"I have learned that one thing only is needful—love."

"I can think, therefore I am more than the animals."

"Sorrow is born from desire."

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."

"One can think that this or that might be good, but one doesn't know it."

"I sought to reach Nirvana, to die, to stop suffering."

"Every man must find his own path."