Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
HERMANN HESSEIf I know what love is, it is because of you.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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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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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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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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The river is everywhere.
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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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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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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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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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