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.
HERMANN HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Only within yourself exists that other reality for which you long.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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If I know what love is, it is because of you.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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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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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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All life was a breath exhaled by God. All dying was a breath inhaled by God.
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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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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Chaos demands to be recognized and experienced before letting itself be converted into a new order.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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