Top Highlights

• A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to become empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow.
• Dead to himself, not to be a self any more, to find tranquillity with an emptied heart, to be open to miracles in unselfish thoughts, that was his goal.
• There is, oh my friend, just one knowledge, this is everywhere, this is Atman, this is within me and within you and within every creature.
• Yes, he thought, standing there with his head low, what would remain of all that which seemed to us to be holy? What remains? What can stand the test? And he shook his head.
• I wanted to free myself from, which I sought to overcome.