

“The river is everywhere.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha

“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?" That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha

“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha

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

“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had to experience despair, I had to sink to the greatest mental depths, to thoughts of suicide, in order to experience grace.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
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