Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
HERMANN HESSEEvery experience has its element of magic.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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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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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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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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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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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.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.
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