Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
HERMANN HESSEWe are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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Solitude is independence.
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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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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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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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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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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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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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