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Wisdom from Herman Hesse's SiddharthaKnowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 142 In every truth, the opposite is equally true. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 143 The potential Buddha already exists in the sinner; his future is already there. The potential hidden Buddha must be recognized in him, in you, in everybody. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, pp. 143-144 It seems to me that everything that exists is good--death as well as life, sin as well as holiness, wisdom as well as folly. Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can harm me. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 144 Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 145 What is of value and wisdom to one many seems nonsense to another. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 145 Love is the most important thing in the world. It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ouselves and all beings with love, admiration, and respect. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 147 From that hour Siddhartha ceased to fight against his destiny. There shone in his face the serenity of knowledge, of one who is no longer confronted with conflict of desires, who has found salvation, who is in harmony wtih the stream of events, with the stream of life, full of sympathy and compassion, surrendering himself to the stream, belonging to the unity of all things. ~ Herman Hesse, Siddhartha, p. 136 Other wise wordsMan is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. ~ Heraclitus Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinions of the things that happen. ~ Epictetus Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connait pas. ~ Blaise Pascal
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