In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
HERMANN HESSEYou are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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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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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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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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Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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