My life, I resolved, ought to be a perpetual transcending, a progression from stage to stage; I wanted it to pass through one area after the next, leaving each behind, as music moves on from theme to...
Most people, Kamala, are like a falling leaf, which is blown and is turning around through the air, and wavers, and tumbles to the ground. But others, a few, are like stars, they go on a fixed course,...
Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.
Kamala le enseñó que no se puede recibir placer sin devolverlo, y que cada gesto, cada caricia, cada contacto, cada mirada y cada parte del cuerpo, por pequeña que sea, tienen su propio misterio, cuyo...
Kamala did not try to find him. She was not surprised when she learned that Siddhartha had disappeared.
Jis tavim gėrėsis, išmoks tave mintinai.
Jamás un hombre ha sido completamente él mismo, aunque la mayoría tenga la firme convicción de serlo algún día, unos entre brumas y otros con perfecta luminosidad, pero cada uno como mejor le sea posi...
It was all a lie, it all stank, stank of lies, it all gave the illusion of meaning and happiness and beauty, and all of it was just putrefaction that no one would admit to. Bitter was the taste of the...
Io sono come te. Anche tu non ami, altrimenti come potresti far dell'amore un'arte? Forse le persone come noi non possono amare. Lo possono gli uomini-bambini: questo è il loro segreto.
Im NebelSeltsam, im Nebel zu wandern!Einsam ist jeder Busch und Stein,Kein Baum sieht den andern,Jeder ist allein.Voll von Freunden war mir die Welt,Als noch mein Leben licht war;Nun, da der Nebel fäl...
Il mondo è pieno di morte, pieno di morte; essa sta su ogni siepe, dietro ogni albero, e non giova costruir mura e dormitori e cappelle e chiese, essa guarda dentro dalla finestra e ride e conosce per...
I wanted … people to listen to the pulse of nature, to partake of the wholeness of life and not forget, under the pressure of their petty destinies, that we are not gods and have not created ourselves...
I realised that all this talk was of no value and at its best only led to clever phrases.
I had grown accustomed to living within myself. I was resigned to the knowledge that I had lost all appreciation of the outside world, that the loss of its bright colors was an inseparable part of the...
I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon...
Here in this endless and gleaming wildernessI was removed farther than ever from the world of men --And I never saw so close and so clearlyThe image in the mirror of my own soul.
He raised himself above her pallid face and kissed her on both closed eyes and thought: she thinks she is taking and does not know that she is giving; in her loneliness she has fled to me and does not...
He began to suffocate slowly in the more and more rarefied atmosphere of remoteness and solitude. For now it was his wish no longer, nor his aim, to be alone and independent, but rather his lot and hi...
Good that you ask -- you should always ask, always have doubts.
Feliz emprendí mi largo camino a casa en la fría noche. Aquí y allá tropecé aún con estudiantes que se retiraban a dormir alborotando y haciendo eses. Muy a menudo había comparado su singular manera d...