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.
HERMANN HESSEYouth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Solitude is independence.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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