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Hermann Hesse

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Positive Time Yourself
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Himself Inspirational Men Profession True
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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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
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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Body Himself Life Sin Spirit
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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Beautiful Book Wall
Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.
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Night Soul World
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent
All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Beginning Oneself Serious
I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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Blood Myself Teaching
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Leadership Responsibility Thinking
Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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Funny Knowledge Practice Theory
Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
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Business Creative Fools Home Joy Passion Pleasure
Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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Age Happiness Mindset People Talent Youth
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Instagram Captions Life Love Relationship Yourself
Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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End Live Maturity Youth
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Freedom Goal Inspirational

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