I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
HERMANN HESSETo die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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Because 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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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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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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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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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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