Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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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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