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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

I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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Himself Leadership Men Path World
No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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Ourselves Philosophy
Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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Demand Love Strength Strong
Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Admire Happiness Love
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
A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Beginning Live Magic Protection
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
Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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Deep Destroy Violence
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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Achievement Impossible Inspirational
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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Book Stars Teaching
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
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
Every experience has its element of magic.
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Element Experience Magic
There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Exception Philosophy Reality
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Deep Face Truth

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

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