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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

Hermann Hesse

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Action Greatness Life Myself
You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Death Live Willing
What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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Force Passion Soul Spiritual World
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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Difference Dream Inspirational People
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Being Single Literature Soul
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
Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
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Art Life Wisdom
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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Demand Love Strength Strong
When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Enough Investment Suffering
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Himself Inspirational Men Profession True
Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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Accident Enough Forever Serious Time Value
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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Communication Love Relationship
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Leadership Responsibility Thinking
Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Discovery Journey Men
The truth is lived, not taught.
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Learning Literature Truth

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