Your soul is the whole world.
HERMANN HESSEHis 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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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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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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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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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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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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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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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