Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
HERMANN HESSEI realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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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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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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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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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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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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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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