Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
HERMANN HESSEThose who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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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.
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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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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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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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Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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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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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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Solitude is independence.
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A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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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.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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