And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.
HERMANN HESSEPeople with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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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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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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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
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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.
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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
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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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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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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Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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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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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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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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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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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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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