"Because the world is so full of death……" — Hermann Hesse
"Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell."
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397 Quotes by Hermann Hesse
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What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into…
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Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament-but only in enemy countries, not in his own.
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At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all…
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The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing…
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Human life is reduced to real suffering, to hell, only when two ages, two cultures and religions overlap.
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To recognize causes is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real…
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Words can not express the joy of new life.
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The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and…
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Happiness is love, nothing else.
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Love is stronger than violence.
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