Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
HERMANN HESSEYou 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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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The river is everywhere.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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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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A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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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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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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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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