Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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.

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

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

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

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

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...