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Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

Сè противречи едно на друго, сè протрчува едно крај друго, никаде нема сигурност. Сè може да се толкува вака, и сè може да се толкува обратно. Сета човечка историја може да се протолкува како развој и напредок, а истовремено без да се види нешто повеќе од пропаст и глупост. Зар нема вистина? Зар не постои вистинска и валидна наука?

Hermann Hesse

“What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.”

“Theres no reality except the one contained within us. Thats 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.”

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isnt part of ourselves doesnt disturb us”

“Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret”

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”

“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.”

“The truth is lived, not taught.”

“It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.”

“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”

“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.”

“You cannot hate other people without hating your self”

“Why is it that hate comes out so easily, yet...love? It gets trapped inside.”

“In time we hate that which we often fear.”

“I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not know, but I feel it, and am in agony”

“Let them hate, so long as they fear.”

“Only the ideas that we really live have any value.”

“Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the worlds phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again”

“Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the fullness of your won presence rather than of the absence of others. Because solitude is an achievement.”

“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.”