There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

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...

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....

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

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....

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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,...

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....

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.