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.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

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.

It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.

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

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.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss

Have a variety of interests. ... These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live not only longest but happiest.

Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.

In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain.

Growing up in my family, it wasn't important that we always be the best; it was important that we were going to try to be our best and give it our all.

No time like the present

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt.

I know that this is the internet, and we're all anonymous and all that, but really. It doesn't hurt to try to be nice.

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.