Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
HERMANN HESSENever is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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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A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls
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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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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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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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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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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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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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Your soul is the whole world.
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His life oscillates, as everyone’s does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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