Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
HERMANN HESSEWisdom 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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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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The river is everywhere.
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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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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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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