There 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 HESSE
There 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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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There 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.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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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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Every 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.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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