I was not a good scholar, and during my last year at school I made little effort. This was not due to laziness … , but to a state of youthful day-dreaming and indifference … that was only … pierced wh...
I wanted only to try to live in obedience to the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
I saw that something remained of the fools' play, the death dance of human life, something lasting: works of art. They too will probably perish some day; they'll burn or crumble or be destroyed. Still...
I had to experience despair, I had to sink to the greatest mental depths, to thoughts of suicide, in order to experience grace, to hear Om again, to sleep deeply again and to awaken refreshed again. I...
I do not want to kill and dissect myself any longer,
I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.
He was pleased with everything that he did and learned and the days and months passed quickly. But he learned more from the river than Vasudeva could teach him. He learned from it continually. Above a...
He read the veinings of a leaf, the pattern on a mushroom cap, and divined mysteries, relations, futures, possibilities: the magic of symbols, the foreshadowing of numbers and writing, the reduction o...
Geri AlmaSeni seviyorum demedim ki Elini ver dedim sadece Ve hoş gör beni! Bana yakın göründün, Çok gençtin ve benim kadar iyi... -Seni seviyorum demedim ki.
Fue la primera fractura en los pilares que sostenían la majestuosidad con la que yo veía a mi padre; fue la primera vez que perdía la confianza en mi padre, y que en verdad todo hombre debe perder alg...
Every person encounters the open door here and there in the course of life, and it occurs to everyone at one time or another that everything visible is symbolic and that spirit and eternal life are li...
Every life has its radiance and beauty.
E sempre é bom termos consciência de que dentro de nós há alguém que tudo sabe, tudo quer e age melhor do que nós mesmos
Die meisten Menschen wollen nicht eher schwimmen als bis sie es können
Božansko je u tebi, a ne u pojmovima i knjigama.
Because when a man tries to realize himself through the gifts with which nature has endowed him, he does the best and only meaningful thing he can do. That’s why, in former days, I often said to you:...
Be aware of too much wisdom!
I believe that the struggle against death the unconditional and self-willed determination to live is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men.
The world, my friend Govinda, is not imperfect, or on a slow path towards perfection: no, it is perfect in every moment, all sin already carries the divine forgiveness in itself, all small children al...
Within yourself is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.