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.
HERMANN HESSEThe true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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.
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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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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Your soul is the whole world.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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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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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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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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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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