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.
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.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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I live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
HERMANN HESSEI live in my dreams — that’s what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That’s the difference.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
HERMANN HESSEPeople with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
HERMANN HESSEYouth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
HERMANN HESSEOnly within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
HERMANN HESSEIf I know what love is, it is because of you.
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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
HERMANN HESSELife 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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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
HERMANN HESSEThe true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
HERMANN HESSENot in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.
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Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
HERMANN HESSEBeauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
HERMANN HESSEWithin you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Solitude is independence.
HERMANN HESSESolitude is independence.
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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.
HERMANN HESSEIn 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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God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
HERMANN HESSEGod 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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