To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSENever is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.
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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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