"One of the aphorisms occurred to me now……" — Hermann Hesse
"One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: "Fate and temperament are two words for one and the same concept." That was clear to me now."
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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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Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere…
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An aphorism? Fire without flames. Understandable that no one tries to warm himself at it.
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Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat…
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Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.
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If our planet has seen some eighty billion people it is difficult to suppose hat every individual has had his…
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The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
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We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.
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