What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life

Quote by Hermann Hesse

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Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

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.

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....

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all...

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

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...

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....

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

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

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

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...

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather...

The main difference for the history of the world if I had been shot rather...

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study...

Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study...