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 HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Solitude is independence.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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The truth is lived, not taught.
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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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Each man’s life represents a road toward himself.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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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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Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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We have to stumble through so much dirt and humbug before we reach home. And we have no one to guide us. Our only guide is our homesickness.
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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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You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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