Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
HERMANN HESSEIf 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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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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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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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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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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