My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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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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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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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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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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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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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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 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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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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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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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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