Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I am separated and isolated from all others, that I am Siddhartha! And about nothing in the world do I know less about than me, about Siddhartha!

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

All the women of this fevered night, all that I had danced with, all whom I had kindled or who have kindled me, all whom I had courted, all who had clung to me with longing, all whom I had followed with enraptured eyes were melted together and had become one, the one whom I held in my arms.

Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.

He has robbed me, yet he has given me something of greater value . . . he has given to me myself.

To nobody can you communicate in words and teachings, what happened to you in your hour of enlightenment.

I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shamans satisfy themselves with such skills".