There 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 HESSEYou are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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The river is everywhere.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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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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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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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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