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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

Hermann Hesse

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Action Greatness Life Myself
Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Beginning Mad Wisdom
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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Evil Real Time
Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Discovery Journey Men
It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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Desire Heart Judgement Listening Opinion Passion Wait
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Laughter Learning Serious
God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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Despair Hard Time Inspirational Kill Life Order Peace
A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Heart Myself Nature Tears Tree
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Positive Time Yourself
Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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Age Happiness Mindset People Talent Youth
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Communication Deep Different Talk
He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Found Himself Lose Love People
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Enough Investment Suffering
Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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End Live Maturity Youth
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Deep Face Truth

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