Hermann Hesse on destiny
Hermann Hesse90 quotes“Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.”
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse 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.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse 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
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse 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.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse 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.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse 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.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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