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I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.

I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.

Hermann Hesse
Men, Understanding, Soul
Hermann Hesse (1959). “Goldmund”

Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the other side.

Hermann Hesse
Children, Justice, Understanding
Hermann Hesse (2013). “The Journey to the East: A Novel”, p.106, Macmillan

Art is contemplation of the world in a state of grace and imaginatively reflecting that subjective understanding.

Hermann Hesse
Art, Grace, Understanding

Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can harm me.

Hermann Hesse
Agreement, Understanding, Needs
Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.108, Om Books International

When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is not on the strength of his thoughts and dreams as a whole, but only of that infinitesimal part which has been able to make its way through the narrow channel of language and the equally narrow channel of the reader's understanding.

Hermann Hesse
Dream, Understanding, Able

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