Solitude is independence.
HERMANN HESSEMy real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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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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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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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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