The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
HERMANN HESSEYou know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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If 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.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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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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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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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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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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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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Solitude is independence.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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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. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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The river is everywhere.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Wisdom 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.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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