The river is everywhere at once, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the rapids, in the sea, in the mountains, everywhere at once, and that there is only the present tim...
There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.
Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered time, as soon as one dispelled time?
What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale.
– И это тоже хорошо, очень хорошо, – сказал он, – послушайте-ка: «Надо бы гордиться болью, всякая боль есть память о нашем высоком назначении». Прекрасно! За восемьдесят лет до Нищие! Но это не то изр...
ليس مهمتنا أن نلتقي إلا بقدر ما هي مهمة الشمس والقمر أو البحر واليابسة. نحن الاثنان يا صديقي شمس وقمر بحر ويابسة ، ليس قدرنا ان نغدو شخصا واحدا بل ان يرى كل منا الآخر على ما هو عليه ان يعي ذلك ويجله ف...
اگر مستی فقط یک شب باشد و زیر نور مشعلهای فروزان میکده ای، یک مستیِ واقعی است
الأفكار التي نعيشها هي وحدها التي لها قيمة.
آنچه که طبیعت از بشر می خواهد به خطی خوانا و محونشدنی بر لوح ضمیر همه افراد از من و تو گرفته تا عیسی و نیچه حک می کند
Sein stilles Gesicht war weder fröhlich noch traurig, es schien leise nach innen zu lächeln. Mit einem verborgenen Lächeln, still, ruhig, einem gesunden Kinde nicht unähnlich,
He saw and recognised the visible and he sought his place in this world. He did not seek reality; his goal was not on any other side. The world was beautiful when looked at in this way - without any s...
Content with small pleasures and yet never really satisfied!
A person is never entirely holy or entirely sinful.
Zugleich dachte ich: so wie ich jetzt mich anziehe und ausgehe, den Professor besuche und mehr oder weniger erlogene Artigkeiten mit ihm austausche, alles ohne es eigentlich zu wollen, so tun und lebe...
Youth is the hardest time in life. One seldom hears of an old person committing suicide.
You must not give way to desires which you don't believe in. I know what you desire. You should, however, either be capable of renouncing these desires or feel wholly justified in having them. Once yo...
Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it.
Wenn ich trotzdem weiß, was Liebe ist, so ist es deinetwegen. Dich habe ich lieben können, dich allein unter den Menschen. Du kannst nicht ermessen, was das bedeutet. Es bedeutet den Quell in einer Wü...
Todos quitan, todos dan: esa es la vida
This too I have learned from the river: Everything returns!