Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
HERMANN HESSELoneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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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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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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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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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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Life 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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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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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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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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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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