Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
HERMANN HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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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Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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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 true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
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It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
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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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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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The river is everywhere.
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I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me.
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Solitude is independence.
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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation…and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.
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Age is a state of mind. Youth and age exist only among the ordinary people. All the more talented and exceptional of us; are sometimes old, just as we are sometimes happy, and sometimes sad.
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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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My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.
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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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What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.
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To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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His life oscillates, as everyone’s does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands.
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