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The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gi...

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

It is possible for one never ...

It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Among the letters my readers ...

Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

I have always believed, and I...

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.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

In Germany I have been acknow...

In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

It was still quiet in the hou...

It was still quiet in the house, and not a sound was heard from outside, either. Were it not for this silence, my reverie would probably have been disrupted by reminders of daily duties, of getting up and going to school.

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This happiness consisted of n...

This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Meaning and reality were not ...

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Every man is more than just h...

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

It is not our purpose to beco...

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.

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To study history means submit...

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Our mind is capable of passin...

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

The world is not imperfect or...

The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Only the ideas that we really...

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

If a man has nothing to eat, ...

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Nevertheless, whether in occu...

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Those who cannot think or tak...

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

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One never reaches home, but w...

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

It was as if all of the happi...

It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed away, becoming temporal and transitory once more.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

Knowledge can be communicated...

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

Hermann Hesse 508 quotes

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