Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
HERMANN HESSEChaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
HERMANN HESSEHe had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
HERMANN HESSEYouth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
HERMANN HESSEThe man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
HERMANN HESSETo die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSEIf 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.
HERMANN HESSETheory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
HERMANN HESSEThe true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
HERMANN HESSEOpinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
HERMANN HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
HERMANN HESSEYou must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
HERMANN HESSEYou are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
HERMANN HESSEAs a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
HERMANN HESSEI 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.
HERMANN HESSEA house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
HERMANN HESSEWhen 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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