Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
HERMANN HESSEFaith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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 HESSEEach man’s life represents a road toward himself.
HERMANN HESSEThere is no reality except the one contained within us.
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 HESSELoneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
HERMANN HESSEOnly within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
HERMANN HESSEBeauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
HERMANN HESSEThe river is everywhere.
HERMANN HESSEA magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
HERMANN HESSELove your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
HERMANN HESSEWisdom 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.
HERMANN HESSEThe true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
HERMANN HESSEPassion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.
HERMANN HESSEIf I know what love is, it is because of you.
HERMANN HESSESolitude is independence.
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