Happiness is a how not a what. A talent, not an object.
I shall always remember how the peacocks’ tails shimmered when the moon rose amongst the tall trees, and on the shady bank the emerging mermaids gleamed fresh and silvery amongst the rocks…
For him, behind every feeling and thought was the sense of the open door leading into nothingness. To be sure, he suffered from dread of many things, of madness, the police, insomnia, and also dread o...
The Wolf trots to and fro,The world lies deep in snow,The raven from the birch tree flies,But nowhere a hare, nowhere a roe,The roe -she is so dear, so sweet -If such a thing I might surpriseIn my emb...
Searching means having a goal, but finding means being free, being open, having no goal ... because in striving for your goal there are many things you do not see, which are directly in front of your...
Kad neko traži, lako se može dogoditi da mu oko vidi samo ono što traži, da nije u stanju bilo šta da nađe, da primi u sebe, jer misli samo na ono za čim traga, imajući svoj cilj opsednut je tim cilje...
Although I know very little of the Steppenwolf's life, I have all the same good reason to suppose that he was brought up by devoted but severe and very pious parents and teachers in accordance with th...
Dù bị đau đớn quằn quại, tôi vẫn tha thiết yêu thương trần gian điên dại này
To be a bear and love a she-bear, that would not be such a bad life, and would, at least, be a far better one than to keep his reason and his thoughts, with all the rest that made him human, and yet l...
Somente as idéias que vivemos é que têm valor.
Remember, my dear Govinda, the world of appearances is transitory, the style of our clothes and hair is extremely transitory. Our hair and our bodies are themselves transitory.
It is wrong to say that schoolmasters lack heart and are dried-up, soulless pedants! No, by no means. When a child's talent which he has sought to kindle suddenly bursts forth, when the boy puts aside...
And the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.
The truth is lived, not taught.
When I consider my life objectively, it does not seem particularly happy. Yet I cannot really call it unhappy, despite all my mistakes. After all, it is quite foolish to talk about happiness and unhap...
Were not the gods forms created like me and you, mortal, transient?
When I have neither pleasure nor pain and have been breathing for a while the lukewarm insipid air of these so called good and tolerable days, I feel so bad in my childish soul that I smash my molderi...
Wenn mir Musik die Seele bewegte, dann verstand ich ohne Worte doch alles, fühlte in der Tiefe alles Lebens reine Harmonie und glaubte zu wissen, daß ein Sinn und schönes Gesetz in allem Geschehen ver...
Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.
I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.