The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
HERMANN HESSEEvery experience has its element of magic.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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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. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
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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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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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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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Solitude is independence.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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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