Solitude is independence.
HERMANN HESSESeriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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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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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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Every experience has its element of magic.
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