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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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

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.

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

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

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

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...

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...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.