To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSEWithin you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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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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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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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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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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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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You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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The river is everywhere.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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