There is no reality except the one contained within us.
HERMANN HESSEIf I know what love is, it is because of you.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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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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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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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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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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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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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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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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Your soul is the whole world.
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