There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

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....

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 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...

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...

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...

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.

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...

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...

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

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

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call...

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call...

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.

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.

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,...

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.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But...

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...