The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. You have already learned from the river that it is good to strive downwards, to sink, to seek the depths.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. It was a scandal that a breed of fearless and sinister people ran around freely, so they attached a nickname and a myth to these people to get even with them, to make up for the many times they had felt afraid.

Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.

Yes, I am going into the woods; I am going into the unity of all things.

How beautiful the world was when one looked at it, without searching... just looked, simply and innocently.

You will become tired, Siddhartha." "I will become tired." "You will fall asleep, Siddhartha." "I will not fall asleep." "You will die, Siddhartha." "I will die.

Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it.