Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
HERMANN HESSEWhat 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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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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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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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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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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Solitude is independence.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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