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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 Hesse

A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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Be Yourself Deep Men Success World
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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Path Philosophy
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
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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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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End Live Maturity Youth
The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Book Deep Ideas Taught Truth
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Deep Face Truth
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
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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Demand Love Strength Strong
Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Art Grace World
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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Evil Real Time
In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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Equality Expression Truth World
Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just the most deserving people who cannot help loving those that destroy them.
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Break Up Children Deserve Destroy Love Mystery Passion
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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Book Stars Teaching
And 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.
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Evil Goal Goodness Life Togetherness Voice

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