Join the Imperfectionist Book Club on Siddhartha
In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom.
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Notes and Quotes:
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- “How beautiful the world was when one looked at it without searching, just looked, simply and innocently.”
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- “One can pass on knowledge but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, one can live it, one can be supported by it, one can work wonders with it, but one cannot speak it or teach it.”
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- “It is not fitting for me to pass judgment on another’s life! Only for myself, for myself alone, must I judge, must I choose, must I reject.”
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- “Perhaps…you are seeking all too much? That all your seeking is making you unable to find?”
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- “We are not walking in a circle, we are ascending; the circle is a spiral, and we have already climbed many of its steps.”
