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Quotes by Hermann Hesse

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.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
 
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The world, Govinda my friend, is not imperfect, not to be seen as on a slow path toward perfection: No, it is perfect in every moment, all transgression already bears grace within itself, all little children already have the aged in themselves, all the sucklings death, all the dying eternal life.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Siddhartha
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"I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Demian
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"I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Demian
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"My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life."

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Siddhartha
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What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday and our present thoughts build our life tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
 
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He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the other monks, but his face and his step, his peaceful downward glance, his peaceful downward-hanging hand, and every finger of his hand spoke of peace, spoke of completeness, sought nothing, imitated nothing, reflected a continuous quiet, an unfading light, an invulnerable peace.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Siddhartha, Page: 22
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Love must neither beg nor demand.  Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself.  It then cease to be moved and becomes the mover.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Reflections, Page: 175
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Love must neither beg nor demand. Love must be strong enough to find certainty within itself. It then ceases to be moved and becomes the mover.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Source: Reflections, Page: 175
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Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak..surrender to them. Don't ask first whether it's permitted, or would please your teachers or father or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that.

Hermann Hesse : German writer, winner of 1946 Nobel prize for literature
Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
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