Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
HERMANN HESSEThe true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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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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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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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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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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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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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