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.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Honor Quotes, Learning Quotes, Purpose Quotes

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...

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation...

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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....

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

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

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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.

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.

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

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...

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....

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.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

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...

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.