Hermann Hesse

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#away #happiness #moment #sacrifice #sake

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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The truth is lived, not taught. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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