The truth is lived, not taught.
HERMANN HESSEThose who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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If 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.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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