“ They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. Hermann Hesse
“ You show the world as a complete, unbroken chain, an eternal chain, linked together by cause and effect. Hermann Hesse
“ For you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force. Vesadeva to Siddartha Hermann Hesse
“ What is meditation? What is leaving one's body? What is fasting? What is holding one's breath? It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self, it is a short numbing of… Hermann Hesse
“ Hiçbir gerçek yoktur ki, karşıtı da gerçek olmasın! Yani şöyle: Bir gerçek ancak tek taraflıysa, dile getirilip sözcüklere dökülebilir. Düşüncelerle düşünülüp sözcüklerle söylenebilen ne varsa tek tar… Hermann Hesse
“ He sat thus, lost in meditation, thinking Om, his soul as the arrow directed at Brahman. Hermann Hesse
“ Man svarbu mokėti mylėti pasaulį, neniekinti jo, nejausti neapykantos jam ir sau, žvelgti į jį, į save ir į visas būtybes su meile, susižavėjimu ir didžia pagarba. Hermann Hesse
“ Meilę galima iškaulyti, nupirkti, gauti dovanų, atrasti gatvėje, bet jėga jos išplėšti negalima. Hermann Hesse
“ And the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still. Hermann Hesse
“ Whether it is good or evil, whether life in itself is pain or pleasure, whether it is uncertain-that it may perhaps be this is not important-but the unity of the world, the coherence of all events, th… Hermann Hesse
“ Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him. Hermann Hesse
“ Seeking nothing, emulating nothing, breathing gently, he moved in an atmosphere of imperishable calm, impresihable light, inviolable peace. Hermann Hesse
“ But there is one thing which these so clear, these so venerable teachings do not contain: they do not contain the mystery of what the exalted one has experienced for himself, he alone among hundreds o… Hermann Hesse
“ There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in ever… Hermann Hesse
“ Ephemeral, highly ephemeral is the world of formations; ephemeral, highly ephemeral are our clothes and hairstyles, and our hair and our bodies themselves. Hermann Hesse
“ Siddhartha has one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow-to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, t… Hermann Hesse
