Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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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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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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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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Your soul is the whole world.
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Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
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The river is everywhere.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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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.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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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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