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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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...

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

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

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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...

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

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

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....

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.

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,...

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

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.

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.

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...

Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I...