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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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...

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...

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.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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

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

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on...

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on...

Watch your back today, guys. 20 year old chicks born on leap day are really...

Watch your back today, guys. 20 year old chicks born on leap day are really...