I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
HERMANN HESSEAll life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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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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To die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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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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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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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Solitude is independence.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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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The truth is lived, not taught.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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