"As a body everyone is single, as a soul never." ~Hermann Hesse
"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." ~Hermann Hesse
"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." -Herman Hesse
"I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I heve begun to listen to the teaching my blood whisper to me." ~Hermann Hesse
"I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves." ~Hermann Hesse
"If I know what love is, it is because of you." ~Hermann Hesse
"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." ~Hermann Hesse
"Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest." ~Hermann Hesse
"Love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure." ~Hermann Hesse
"Some think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." ~Herman Hesse
"Some think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." ~Herman Hesse
"The trees are sacred. Who knows how to speak, who knows how to listen, can learn the truth." ~Herman Hesse
"The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth." ~Hermann Hesse
"There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself." ~Hermann Hesse
"This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best." ~Hermann Hesse
“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.” ~Hermann Hesse
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth." ~Herman Hesse
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.” ~Herman Hesse
"We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement." ~Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund
"We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being." ~Hermann Hesse
“When someone seeks, then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.” ~Hermann Hesse
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else … Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.” ~Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha)
"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." ~Hermann Hesse
"Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself." ~Hermann Hesse
"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." ~Hermann Hesse
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