The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
HERMANN HESSEYou are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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You 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.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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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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