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Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

Positive, Being Yourself, Time

Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.56, Om Books International

Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

Passion, Home, Creative

Hermann Hesse (2013). “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.151, Macmillan

Every experience has its element of magic.

Magic, Elements

Hermann Hesse (2002). “The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

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

Love, Life, Strength

I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.

Dream, Sweet, Stars

Hermann Hesse (2012). “Demian: A Dual-Language Book”, p.18, Courier Corporation

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Inspirational, Uplifting, Faith

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

Inspirational, Men, Way

Hermann Hesse (2009). “Siddhartha”, p.8, Modern Library

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

Love, Relationship, Communication

To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.

Impossible, Achieve, Again And Again

Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.

Hurt, Love You, Suffering

To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.

Patience, Revenge, People

Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.

Taken, Laughing, Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse (1980). “Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays”

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

Life, Yoga, Reality

"Nobel Prize Library: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse".

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

Inspirational, Courage, Character

"Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth". Book by Hermann Hesse , p. 123, 1919.

You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible

Trying, Impossible, Achieve

The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.

Book, Ideas, Taught

Hermann Hesse (2002). “The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel”, p.83, Macmillan

God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.

Peace, Order, Despair

I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.

Disappointment, Suffering, Vex

Hermann Hesse (2013). “Peter Camenzind: A Novel”, p.100, Macmillan

A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!... Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.

Home, Tree, Looks

Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.

Wise, Loneliness, Destiny

Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

Love Is, Men, Capable

We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness,all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing.

War, Eye, Disrespect

Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.

Love, Doe, Admire

When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.

Suffering, Investing, Enough

You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.

Dream, Way, Easy

Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). “Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse”

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