But of all the water's secrets, he saw today only a single one-one that struck his soul. He saw that this water flowed and flowed, it was constantly flowing, and yet it was always there; it was always eternally the same and yet new at every moment! Oh, to be able to grasp this, to understand this!

I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

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

It was lovely, and tempting, to exert power over men and to shine before others, but power also had its perditions and perils.

Words can not express the joy of new life.

He saw that the water continually flowed and flowed and yet it was always there; it was always the same and yet every moment it was new.