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.
HERMANN HESSEWhen the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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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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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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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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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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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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