Nefret ettiğim iki şey arasında seçim yapmak zorundayım - ya aklımın tiksindiği düşleri seçeceğim ya da duyularımı dehşete düşüren eylemi; başka bir deyişle, hamurumda hissedemediğim eylem ya da şimdi...
Naturally I belonged to the bright and correct world, I was my parents’ child; but wherever I turned my eyes and ears, the other world was there and I lived in it, too, even though it was often unfami...
My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.
My dear Sinclair, he said slowly, I didn't intend to tell you anything disagreeable. Besides - neither of us knows why you happen to be drinking wine at this moment. That which is within you and direc...
Mountains at NightThe lake has died down,The reed, black in its sleep,Whispers in a dream.Expanding immensely into the countryside, The mountains loom, outspread.They are not resting.They breathe deep...
Most men will not swim before they are able to. Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they wont think. They are made for li...
Mit der Reife wird man immer jünger. Es geht auch mir so, obwohl das wenig sagen will, da ich das Lebensgefühl meiner Knabenjahre im Grund stets beibehalten habe und mein Erwachsensein und Altern imme...
Many verses of the holy books, above all the Upanishads of Sama-Veda spoke of this innermost thing. It is written: Your soul is the whole world. It says that when a man is asleep, he penetrates his in...
Mada nije znao zašto, čudno ga je iznenadilo otkriće da bol i užitak mogu ličiti jedno na drugo kao brat i sestra.
Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it.
Light the Christmas candles for your children! Let them sing carols! But don't delude yourselves, don't content yourselves year after year with the shabby, pathetic, sentimental feeling you have when...
La serietà, caro mio, è una nota del tempo: nasce, te lo voglio confidare, dal sopravvalutare il tempo. Anch'io una volta stimavo troppo il tempo e desideravo però di arrivare a cent'anni. Ma nell'ete...
La nostra meta non è di trasformarci l'un l'altro, ma di conoscerci l'un l'altro e d'imparare a vedere e a rispettare nell'altro ciò che egli è: il nostro opposto e il nostro completamento.
La gente estará entusiasmada, todos están deseando empezar a matar. Tan insípida les resulta la vida.
L'intelligence aime ce qui est fixe, ce qui a forme; elle veut pouvoir se fier à ses signes, elle aime ce qui est, non ce qui est en devenir; le réel, non le possible. Elle ne tolère pas qu'un oméga d...
Knulp was right in doing what his nature demanded and what few others could do, in speaking to strangers like a child and winning their hearts, in saying pleasant things to ladies of all ages, and mak...
Ja, man muß seinen Traum finden, dann wird der Weg leicht. Aber es gibt keinen immerwährenden Traum, jeden löst ein neuer ab, und keinen darf man festhalten wollen.
It would be wholly impossible for me to say whether this cloudy, silently disturbed, unraveled sky is mirrored in my soul or the reverse, whether or not I read the image of my own inner life in this s...
It was the self, the purpose and essence of which I sought to learn. It was the self, I wanted to free myself from, which I sought to overcome. But I was not able to overcome it, could only deceive it...