Heinrich Zimmer Quotes & Sayings

Limitless and immortal, the waters are the beginning and end of all things on earth. — Heinrich Zimmer

The best things can't be told, — Heinrich Zimmer

The real treasure, that which we all seek, is never very far; there is no real need to seek it in a distant place, for it lies buried within our own hearts. And yet, there is this strange and persistent fact that it is only after a journey in a distant region, in a new land, that the way to that treasure becomes clear. — Heinrich Zimmer

Knowledge is the reward of action. For it is by doing things that one becomes transformed. Executing a symbolical gesture, actually living through, to the very limit, a particular role, one comes to realize the truth inherent in the role. Suffering its consequences, one fathoms and exhausts its contents. — Heinrich Zimmer