The truth is lived, not taught.

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...

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...

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

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

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars...

I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars...

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.

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...

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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...

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time.

There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time.