Quotes on Siddhartha

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

Believe nothing,_x000D_ _x000D_ No matter where you read it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Or who has said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Not even if I have said it,_x000D_ _x000D_ Unless it agrees with your own reason_x000D_ _x000D_ And your own common sense.

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.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

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

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Everything changes, nothing remains without change.

Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.

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