I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
HERMANN HESSEWhen the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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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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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Solitude is independence.
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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.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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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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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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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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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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