The river is everywhere at once. There is no time.

What it means

The ferryman Vasudeva agrees the river is at its source and its mouth at the same moment. Past and future are only ways of looking at one present. Live where the river is: now.

The source

"The river is everywhere at once. There is no time." Hermann Hesse said it in Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

"daß es keine Zeit gibt ... daß der Fluß überall zugleich ist"

Original German, Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962). German-Swiss novelist. Siddhartha (1922) tells of a young man in the Buddha's India who learns more from a river than from any teacher.

Questions

What does "The river is everywhere at once. There is no time." mean?

The ferryman Vasudeva agrees the river is at its source and its mouth at the same moment. Past and future are only ways of looking at one present. Live where the river is: now.

Who said "The river is everywhere at once. There is no time."?

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962). Source: Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman.

What is the original German?

daß es keine Zeit gibt ... daß der Fluß überall zugleich ist. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

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"The river is everywhere at once. There is no time." (Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-river-is-everywhere-at-once-there-is