Max Muller Quotes

A collection of quotes by Max Muller.

Max Muller was a renowned German-born philologist and Orientalist who lived from 1823 to 1900. He is best known for his significant contributions to the field of Indology, particularly for his translations of ancient Indian texts into English. Muller played a crucial role in spreading knowledge about Indian culture and religion in the Western world. He was a professor of Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford and published various influential works throughout his career. His efforts helped build a bridge between Western and Eastern civilizations, making him one of the most notable scholars of his time.

Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a ted

Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is.

The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The

The first pages of memory are like the old family Bible. The first leaves are wholly faded and somewhat soiled with handling. But, when we turn further, and come to the chapters where Adam and Eve were banished from Paradise, then, all begins to grow clear and legible.

While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains th

While the river of life glides along smoothly, it remains the same river only the landscape on either bank seems to change.

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot liv

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do, and t

How mankind defers from day to day the best it can do, and the most beautiful things it can enjoy, without thinking that every day may be the last one, and that lost time is lost eternity!

Of these years nought remains in memory but the sad feeling

Of these years nought remains in memory but the sad feeling that we have advanced and only grown older.

I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They ar

I spend my happiest hours in reading Vedantic books. They are to me like the light of the morning, like the pure air of the mountains - so simple, so true, if once understood.

That is the returning to God which in reality is never concl

That is the returning to God which in reality is never concluded on earth but yet leaves behind in the soul a divine home sickness, which never again ceases.

And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly al

And then when all around grows dark, when we feel utterly alone, when all men right and left pass us by and know us not, a forgotten feeling rises in the breast.

Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More an

Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul with all his strength and with all his will.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

Language is the Rubicon that divides man from beast.

No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of h

No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.