The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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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.

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can...

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can...

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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.

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.

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....

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...

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....

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these...

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these...

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

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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 veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.

My mother had morning sickness after I was born.