Siddhartha With The Samanas Quotes & Sayings

I love you, I said, but not out loud. — Craig Clevenger

Symbols are nothing but the natural speech of drama. — Tennessee Williams

Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty. — Samuel Johnson

But words are only words and they seldom turn a person from their path unless they want to be turned. — Mark Lawrence

His love was so intense, yet his soul held so much sorrow. I wondered if his hurt went so deep that he could never heal. — A.L. Jackson

When you throw a rock into the water, it will speed on the fastest course to the bottom of the water. This is how it is when Siddhartha has a goal, a resolution. Siddhartha does nothing, he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through water, without doing anything, without stirring; he is drawn, he lets himself fall. His goal attracts him, because he doesn't let anything enter his soul which might oppose the goal. This is what Siddhartha has learned among the Samanas. This is what fools call magic and which they think is effected by demons. Nothing is effected by demons, there are no demons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast. — Hermann Hesse

It all depends on the robber's knowledge of the loser's knowledge of the robber. - Daupin — Edgar Allan Poe

A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-'
He waved a hand. 'Faeries. I know.'
'I was going to say muggers,' said Clary. 'Though I pity the mugger who goes after you. — Cassandra Clare

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown. — Ezra Pound

And so Gotama wandered into the town to obtain alms, and the two Samanas recognized him only by his complete peacefulness of demeanor, by the stillness of his form, in which there was no seeking, no will, no counterfeit, no effort - only light and peace. — Hermann Hesse

I work out. I used to go to yoga every day. Now I just incorporate yoga into my warm-up and my cool down. I drink a lot of water, and I go to therapy. — Adina Porter

A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see. — Karen Lord

God always gives you what you would have asked for if you knew everything that He knows. — Timothy J. Keller

An excuse is the tool our weak self uses to prevent our strongest self from reaching greatness. — Robin Sharma