"The sun and moon had always shone; the rivers had always flowed and the bees had hummed, but in previous times all this had been nothing to Siddhartha but a fleeting and illusive veil before his eyes, regarded with distrust, condemned to be disregarded and ostracized from the thoughts, because it was not reality, because reality lay on the other side of the visible. But now his thoughts lingered on this side; he saw and recognized the visible and he sought his place in this world. He did not seek reality; his goal was not on any other side. The world was beautiful when looked at in this way—without any seeking, so simple, so childlike. The moon and the stars were beautiful, the brook, the shore, the forest and the rock, the goat and the golden beetle, the flower and the butterfly were beautiful. It was beautiful and pleasant to go through the world like that, so childlike, so awakened, so concerned with the immediate, without any distrust. …"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Imported from EN Wikiquote
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Siddhartha (novel)
36 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Siddhartha (novel) →
Related Quotes
"Nein, nicht gering zu achten war das Ungeheure an Erkenntnis, das hier von unzählbaren Geschlechterfolgen weiser Brah…"
"The teaching which you have heard, however, is not my opinion, and its goal is not to explain the world to those who …"
"Er blickte um sich, als sähe er zum ersten Male die Welt. Schön war die Welt, bunt war die Welt, seltsam und rätselha…"
"He had never really found his self, because he had wanted to trap it in the net of thoughts. The body was certainly n…"
"Although he found it so easy to speak to everyone, to live with everyone, to learn from everyone, he was very conscio…"
"“You are like me; you are different from other people. You are Kamala and no one else, and within you there is a stil…"
"Just as the potter’s wheel, once set in motion, still turns for a long time and then turns only very slowly and stops…"
"Like one who has eaten and drunk too much and vomits painfully, and then feels better, so did the restless man wish h…"
"When had he really experienced joy? … He had tasted it in the days of his boyhood, when … he far outstripped his cont…"
"Siddhartha hatte begonnen, Unzufriedenheit in sich zu nähren. … Er hatte begonnen zu ahnen, daß sein ehrwürdiger Vate…"