Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. Quotes

-Your soul is the whole world.
-Then, the father realized that Siddhartha could no longer remain with him at home, that he had already left him.
-Everything lied, stank of lies; they were all illusions of sense, happiness and beauty. All were doomed to decay. The world tasted bitter. Life was pain.
-Siddhartha had one single goal: to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow, to let the Self die.
-Are we on the right road? Are we approaching salvation? The path is a spiral.
-Opinions mean nothing.
-Nobody finds salvation through teachings.
-He recognize causes; for to recognize causes, it seemed to him, is to think, and through thought alone, feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin to mature.
-The world was beautiful when looked at it in this way, without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.
-Everything comes back.
-One can learn much from a river.
-One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.
-I require clothes, money, that's all. These are easy goals which do not disturb one's sleep.

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