To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSESolitude is independence.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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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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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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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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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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Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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