There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
HERMANN HESSEWhen dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.
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A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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Every experience has its element of magic.
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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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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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As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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Madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.
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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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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism.
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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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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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