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Opposites Quotes by Hermann Hesse
- In every truth, the opposite is equally true. A truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is one-sided.
- You say yes to the sunlight and pure fantasies, so you have to say yes to the filth and the nausea. Everything is within you,…
- Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists,…
- The opposite of every truth is just as true.
- I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is…
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