A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
HERMANN HESSEThe truth is lived, not taught.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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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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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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His life oscillates, as everyone’s does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.
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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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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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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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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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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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