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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.

Hermann Hesse

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Being Single Literature Soul
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent
You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Death Live Willing
All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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Death Life Suffering
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Positive Time Yourself
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational
Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.
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Night Soul World
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Laughter Learning Serious
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Destiny Lonely Man Wise
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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Equality Expression Truth World
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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Afraid Harmony People Yourself
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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Literature Seek Value
Your soul is the whole world.
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One Liner Soul World
Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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Accident Enough Forever Serious Time Value
Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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Chaos Demand Determination Order Recognition
You 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!
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Afraid People Philosophy

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