Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet
HERMANN HESSEWhat you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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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Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
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