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.
HERMANN HESSEWisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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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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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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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.
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Solitude is independence.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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 true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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