Hermann Hesse

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I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I’m beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn’t pleasant, it’s not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.


Faith and doubt go hand in hand, they are complementaries. One who never doubts will never truly believe.


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.


Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.


There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.


When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.


The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.


Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.


Every experience has its element of magic.