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.
HERMANN HESSEEverything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Life 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
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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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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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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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