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.
HERMANN HESSE
Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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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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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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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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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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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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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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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.
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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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He had loved and he had found himself. Most people love to lose themselves.
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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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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.
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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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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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