...for you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force." Vesadeva to Siddartha

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.

Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.

It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.

I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.

Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a restlessness of the soul came to him.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error.

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

Lack of courage is what makes big dreams to sit in the ink of the paper instead of them running in the shoes of actions. Without courage, you remain a dreamer!

To live with imagination is to play among the stars.

It is at the times when I feel that I have nothing that the gem lies in the palm of my hand.

God's grace, quite simply, is God's mercy and goodness toward us.

There are people who are younger than I who are more uptight than I am. It's not necessarily an age thing. I mean nobody is offering me 20-year old leads any more.

By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.

If you wait for perfect conditions to seize an opportunity, you'll be waiting till the day you die.

Dinner's in one hour. If you're not back, sitting at the table, I'll beat you all unconscious with a spatula.

I complete what I start.

It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code... obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.