I called the world of phenomena an illusion, I called my eyes and my tongue an accident, valueless phenomena. No, that is all over; I have awakened, I have really awakened and I have just been born today.

I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach.

In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.

Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.

Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was equivalent to being a very good mathematician.

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.

When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret!