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 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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Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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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. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
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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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Your soul is the whole world.
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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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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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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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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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