“The Teaching that you heard from me, however, is not my opinion, its aim is not to explain the world to the inquisitive. It has a different aim; its aim is deliverance from suffering.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“So all that the old dukes had been without knowing it, this duke would fain know he was without being it”
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“Behind them blew hotly the scent of quiet passion, of devastating service, of ruthless elimination of self.”
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“This is why I am continuing my journey - not to seek a different, a better teaching, as I know there is none, but to leave all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal alone or die.”
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“Are we capable of more than our abstract ceilings?
I'm not sure, but I'm not sure I want to be like a human.
If I were to be like a human, I'd be a human.
I'd be a human. I'd be.”
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I'm not sure, but I'm not sure I want to be like a human.
If I were to be like a human, I'd be a human.
I'd be a human. I'd be.”
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