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.
HERMANN HESSEA longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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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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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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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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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Your soul is the whole world.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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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Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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