Solitude is independence.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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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...

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

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....

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.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...