Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
HERMANN HESSEArt is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
HERMANN HESSENever is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
HERMANN HESSEKnowledge 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.
HERMANN HESSEPeople with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
HERMANN HESSEYou can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
HERMANN HESSEAll life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
HERMANN HESSEWithin you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
HERMANN HESSEWhen the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
HERMANN HESSESome of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
HERMANN HESSEThere is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
HERMANN HESSEAnd all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.
HERMANN HESSEAll higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
HERMANN HESSETo achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
HERMANN HESSEGod does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
HERMANN HESSEBeauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
HERMANN HESSELearn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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