I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after...

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after...

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

Whenever books are burned, sooner or later men also are burned.

Whenever books are burned, sooner or later men also are burned.

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his...

What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his...

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

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...

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....

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we...

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we...

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...

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself....

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself....

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.

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...

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to...

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to...

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy...

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is...

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...

Never have I thought that I was the happy possessor of a alent; my sole...