Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
HERMANN HESSEBecause 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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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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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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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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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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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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 begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.
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