The river is everywhere.
HERMANN HESSEWithin you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
More Hermann Hesse Quotes
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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.
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A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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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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In 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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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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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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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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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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A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
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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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Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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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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