You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
HERMANN HESSEEvery experience has its element of magic.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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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 true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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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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I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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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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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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