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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.

Hermann Hesse

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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Hold On Let Go Life Love Strength
Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Force Love Strong
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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Literature Seek Value
Every experience has its element of magic.
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Element Experience Magic
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
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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Beautiful Book Wall
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Destiny Lonely Man Wise
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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Afraid People Philosophy
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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Be Yourself Deep Men Success World
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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Life People Reality World Yoga
What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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Force Passion Soul Spiritual World
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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Dignity Disappointment Suffering Understand
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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Night Soul World
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Communication Deep Different Talk
A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Beginning Live Magic Protection

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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