Your soul is the whole world.
HERMANN HESSEA 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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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You 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.
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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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The river is everywhere.
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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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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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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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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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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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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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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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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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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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