He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
HERMANN HESSEGentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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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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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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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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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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