I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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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Every experience has its element of magic.
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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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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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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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Solitude is independence.
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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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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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All higher humor begins with ceasing to take oneself seriously.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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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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