Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
HERMANN HESSEYour soul is the whole world.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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The river is everywhere.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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