Hermann Hesse on home
Hermann Hesse90 quotes“We 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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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.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse
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Someone rejected you does not mean you are not worthy. Maybe they can’t afford to be with you.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson I will love you from afar it’s better this way because close up it hurts too much.
Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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Let joy make a home in you.
Liliana Arratia ZamoraLiliana Arratia Zamora He was fire that crippled my bones. And you were the one who showed up out of nowhere, and carried me home.
MoomerMoomer God bless America, land that I love, Stand beside her, and guide her, Through the night, with the light from above, From the mountains, to the prairies To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, my home sweet home, God bless America! My Home Sweet Home!
Irving BerlinIrving Berlin I’m very low-key. I don’t really blend in, so it’s difficult to go out in public. I like to do things that are kind of quiet, whether it’s a dinner at my house or a restaurant, or a movie night at home.
Dwayne JohnsonDwayne Johnson I felt quite at home, / As if it were mine sleeping lazily / In this house of fresh air.
Matsuo BashoMatsuo Basho My wife is the boss at home, and my daughters are the bosses. I am just the worker. We are a very warm family and very happy.
Jet LiJet Li I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.
Mitch AlbomMitch Albom Let’s go on an adventure, oh, the place we will go! and with you by my side, I am always at home.
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