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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.

Hermann Hesse

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Freedom Goal Inspirational
All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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Death Life Suffering
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Destiny Lonely Man Wise
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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Deep Destroy Violence
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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Found Himself Lose Love People
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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Be Yourself Deep Men Success World
Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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Force Love Strong
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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Night Soul World
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent
The truth is lived, not taught.
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Learning Literature Truth
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Discovery Journey Men
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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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
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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Literature Seek Value
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational

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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