To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSEA tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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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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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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The river is everywhere.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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