Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

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

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

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.

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...