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.
HERMANN HESSELife 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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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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Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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