Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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....

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

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...

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...

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,...

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...

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.

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...

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

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

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home...

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home...

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

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

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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....

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...