There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
HERMANN HESSEA house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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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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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
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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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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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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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