Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
HERMANN HESSEArt is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Your soul is the whole world.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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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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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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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 you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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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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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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