Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
HERMANN HESSEYour soul is the whole world.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet
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A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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