Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
HERMANN HESSELife 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
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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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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A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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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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Your soul is the whole world.
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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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