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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

Hermann Hesse

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
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Business Creative Fools Home Joy Passion Pleasure
You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Death Live Willing
Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Existence Reality Yourself
You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Dream Easy Inspirational Way
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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Be Yourself Deep Men Success World
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Leadership Responsibility Thinking
The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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Courage Fun Life Patience Tranquility Weapon
Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Discovery Journey Men
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
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
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
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational
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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Encouragement Hurt Love
A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
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Beautiful Book Wall
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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Art Life Wisdom

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

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