Siddhartha Quotes

Siddhartha Quote of the day

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own self in all beings.

What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everythiong else.

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Your soul is the whole world.

My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.

I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.

He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value . . . he has given to me myself.

Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him.

Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence

I want to learn from myself, want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha.

The river is everywhere at the same time . . . everywhere and the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future.

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

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

You show the world as a complete, unbroken chain, an eternal chain, linked together by cause and effect.

...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

You will become tired, Siddhartha." "I will become tired." "You will fall asleep, Siddhartha." "I will not fall asleep." "You will die, Siddhartha." "I will die.

And here is a doctrine at which you will laugh. It seems to me, Govinda, that love is the most important thing in the world.

Were not the gods forms created like me and you, mortal, transient?

Siddhartha stopped fighting his fate this very hour, and he stopped suffering.

I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shamans satisfy themselves with such skills".

Bodh Gaya is a land of enlightenment. Years ago, what Bodh Gaya got was Siddhartha but what Bodh Gaya gave to the world was Lord Buddha, the epitome of knowledge, peace and compassion.

...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha

Seeking nothing, emulating nothing, breathing gently, he moved in an atmosphere of imperishable calm, impresihable light, inviolable peace.

He sat thus, lost in meditation, thinking Om, his soul as the arrow directed at Brahman.

Memories sharpen the past