In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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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.

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.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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....

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.

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

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...

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

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

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...

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....

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call...

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call...

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...

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,...

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we...

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we...

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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...

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

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

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...