You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
HERMANN HESSEIf 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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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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Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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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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When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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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 magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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And all the voices, all the goals, all the yearnings, all the sorrows, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world. All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.
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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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The river is everywhere.
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
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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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