The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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....

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.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

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...

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....

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

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

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...

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.

When an American says that he loves his country, he ... means that he loves...

When an American says that he loves his country, he ... means that he loves...

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk,...

Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk,...

A kiss may ruin a human life.

A kiss may ruin a human life.