I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
HERMANN HESSEI have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
HERMANN HESSEEvery 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.
HERMANN HESSEChaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
HERMANN HESSEEach man’s life represents a road toward himself.
HERMANN HESSETo die is to go into the Collective Unconscious, to lose oneself in order to be transformed into form, pure form.
HERMANN HESSEIf 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.
HERMANN HESSEYou are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
HERMANN HESSELife 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
HERMANN HESSEAll life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
HERMANN HESSEYour soul is the whole world.
HERMANN HESSEThere is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
HERMANN HESSEBeauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
HERMANN HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
HERMANN HESSEA man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
HERMANN HESSENever is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
HERMANN HESSEKnowledge 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.
HERMANN HESSE