"Never again!" commanded his will. "Again! Tomorrow!" begged his heart."

"The most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still in school."

"İçini tümüyle dolduran bu duygunun üzerinde düşündü ağır ağır yürüyüp giderken. Derin derin düşündü bunu, adeta derin bir su içinde kendini koyuverip duygunun ta dibine, nedenlerin bulunduğu yere kadar indi, çünkü düşünmek -öyle görünüyordu ona- nedenleri bilip tanımak demekti, ancak bu yoldan duygular bilgilere dönüşür ve yitip gitmeyerek bir varlık kazanır, içlerindeki özü ışıyarak çevrelerine yansıtırdı."

"Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It was nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. This thought matured in him slowly, and it was reflected in Vasudeva's old childlike face: harmony, knowledge of the eternal perfection of the world, and unity."

"What you search is not necessarily the same as what you find. When you let go of the searching, you start finding"

"la sagesse ne se communique pas. La sagesse qu'un sage cherche à communiquer a toujours un air de folie.(Siddhartha)"

"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else."

"Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.― Hermann Hesse"

"Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot."

"I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach."