Hermann Hesse: "Dia melihat sekeliling, seolah-olah dia melihat dunia...

"Dia melihat sekeliling, seolah-olah dia melihat dunia untuk pertama kalinya. Indah adalah dunia, warna-warni adalah dunia, aneh dan misterius adalah dunia! Di sini biru, di sini kuning, di sini hijau, langit dan sungai mengalir, hutan dan gunung-gunung kaku, semuanya indah, semuanya misterius dan magis, dan di tengah-tengahnya adalah dia, Siddhartha, yang bangkit, di jalan menuju dirinya sendiri."

--- Hermann Hesse

Versi Bahasa Inggris

He looked around, as if he was seeing the world for the first time. Beautiful was the world, colorful was the world, strange and mysterious was the world! Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green, the sky and the river flowed, the forest and the mountains were rigid, all of it was beautiful, all of it was mysterious and magical, and in its midst was he, Siddhartha, the awakening one, on the path to himself.