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First you must climb the Mountain of Knowledge, then you must perform some deeds, and finally you must find love and become happy.

Knowledge, Action, Love, Happiness, Life Journey, Personal Growth

First you must climb the Mountain of Knowledge then you

First you must climb the Mountain of Knowledge then you

First you must climb the Mountain of Knowledge then you

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

Knowledge, Unity, Circulation, Connection, Experience, Vitality

“The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.”

Bhagavad-Gita, Wisdom, Philosophy, Spiritual Insight, Religious Transformation, Cultural Significance

“One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: “Fate and temperament are two words for one and the same concept.” That was clear to me now.”

Fate, Temperament, Understanding, Clarity, Reflection, Wisdom

“All over, people were seeking "freedom" and "happiness" somewhere behind themselves, out of the sheer fear of being reminded of their own responsibilities and being admonished to travel their own path.”

Freedom, Happiness, Responsibilities, Personal Authenticity, Existential Avoidance, Self-deception

“Each one carries with him to the end traces of his birth, the slime and eggshells of a primordial world. Many a one never becomes a human-being, but remains a frog, lizard, or ant. Many a one is a human-being above and a fish below.”

Birth, Traces, Human-being, Evolutionary Legacy, Personal Development, Existential Duality

“She taught him, that lovers must not part from one another after celebrating love, without one admiring the other, without being just as defeated as they have been victorious, so that with none of them should start feeling fed up or bored and get that evil feeling of having abused or having been abused.”

Love, Intimacy, Equality, Respect, Mutual Admiration, Emotional Balance

“I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?”

Live, Accord, True Self, Personal Authenticity, Existential Challenge, Inner Conflict

“When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.”

Like, Love, Faults, Relational Depth, Unconditional Acceptance, Emotional Maturity

“He was pleased with everything that he did and learned and the days and months passed quickly. But he learned more from the river than Vasudeva could teach him. He learned from it continually. Above all, he learned from it how to listen, to listen with a still heart, with a waiting, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinions.”

Learning, River, Listening, Stillness, Wisdom, Openness

“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.”

Suffering, Enlightenment, Perspective, Growth, Spiritual Journey, Self Realization

“Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.”

Death, Flowers, Hell, Resilience, Finding Beauty, Existential Struggle

“A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls.”

Books, House, Poor, Intellectual Value, Material Wealth, Cultural Priority

“You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value.”

Lived, Thinking, Value, Experiential Wisdom, Philosophical Practice, Authentic Living

“Even as a child I had had at intervals a fondness for observing strange forms in nature, not so much examining them as surrendering myself to their magic, their oblique message. Long tree-roots, coloured veins in rock, patches of oil floating on water, flaws in glass – all such things had a certain fascination for me, above all, water and fire, smoke, clouds, dust and especially the swirling specks of colour which swam before my closed eyes.”

Child, Nature, Magic, Sensory Observation, Existential Wonder, Artistic Appreciation

“We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.”

Journey, Struggle, Home, Longing, Personal Growth, Self Discovery

“But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes.”

Peace, Change, Resilience, Adaptation, Life Cycle, Inner Harmony

“It was all a lie, it all stank, stank of lies, it all gave the illusion of meaning and happiness and beauty, and all of it was just putrefaction that no one would admit to. Bitter was the taste of the world. Life was a torment.”

Lie, Illusion, Torment, Existential Disillusionment, Societal Critique, Personal Suffering

“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”

Healing, Self Acceptance, Personal Integrity, Growth, Transformation, Rebirth

“Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”

Stillness, Sanctuary, Self, Peace, Introspection, Inner Refuge

“To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.”

Possible, Impossible, Achieve, Motivational Philosophy, Personal Growth, Ambitious Pursuit