Gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
HERMANN HESSEEvery 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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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
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Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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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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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Wisdom 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.
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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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Never is a man wholly a saint or a sinner.
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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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A man who is ill-adjusted to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
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