I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
HERMANN HESSELove your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
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The river is everywhere.
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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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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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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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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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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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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!
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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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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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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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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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.
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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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