In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
HERMANN HESSEWe have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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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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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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Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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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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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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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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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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