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.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Belief Quotes, Fortune Quotes

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars...

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars...

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it....

I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it....

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the...

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the...

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it....

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it....

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you...

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you...

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live...

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these...

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these...

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

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

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, single...

You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, single...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...

There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and...

There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.