“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”
“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.”
“It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in sight and the world to you should be a mirror to reflect to you your image; the world should be a mirror that you reflect upon.”
“It is not advisable to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.”
“You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.”
“Every time you pitch yourself back into the past, you lose time. Have you so much of it to spare, my love?”