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Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.

Hermann Hesse

Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Admire Happiness Love
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
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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Literature Seek Value
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Leadership Responsibility Thinking
Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness Love Men
The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Deep Face Truth
God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
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Despair Hard Time Inspirational Kill Life Order Peace
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Character Courage Inspirational
Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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Funny Knowledge Practice Theory
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Destiny Lonely Man Wise
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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Path Philosophy
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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Dignity Disappointment Suffering Understand
Every experience has its element of magic.
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Element Experience Magic
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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Afraid Harmony People Yourself
Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Happiness Object Talent

Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.

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Every phenomenon on earth is symbolic, and each symbol is an open gate through which the soul, if it is ready, can enter into the inner part of the world, where you and I and day and night are all one.

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