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Hermann Hesse90 quotes“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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse His life oscillates, as everyone’s does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse The truth is lived, not taught.
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