Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
HERMANN HESSEOnly within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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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.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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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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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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Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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