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76. “I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.”
Hermann Hesse
Awakening, Self Awareness, Strength, Knowledge, Understanding, Introspection
77. “They stayed for rapt moments in the crystal sphere of this soul, as if in a realm of invisible radiation, listening to unearthly music, and then returned to their daily lives with hearts cleansed and strengthened, as if descending from a high mountain peak.” Hermann Hesse Music, Cleansing, Experience, Transcendence, Strength, Spirituality
78. “During the dark hours I felt my sick heart expand and beat more furiously, and I no longer made any distinction between pleasure and pain, but one was similar to the other; both hurt and both were precious. Whether my inner life went well or badly, my discovered strength stood peacefully outside looking on and knew that light and dark were closely related and that sorrow and peace were rhythm, part and spirit of the same great music.” Hermann Hesse Pleasure, Pain, Duality, Strength, Rhythm, Inner Life
82. “You are not strict with him, you do not punish him, you do not command him – because you know that gentleness is stronger than severity, that water is stronger than rock, that love is stronger than force.” Hermann Hesse Gentleness, Love, Strength, Relational Wisdom, Moral Insight, Compassionate Authority
90. “There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy show you where you are weak. Only the enemy shows you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. – Mazer Rackham.” Orson Scott Card Enemy, Learning, Strategy, Weakness, Strength, Warfare
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76. “I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.”
Hermann Hesse Awakening, Self Awareness, Strength, Knowledge, Understanding, Introspection
77. “They stayed for rapt moments in the crystal sphere of this soul, as if in a realm of invisible radiation, listening to unearthly music, and then returned to their daily lives with hearts cleansed and strengthened, as if descending from a high mountain peak.”
Hermann Hesse Music, Cleansing, Experience, Transcendence, Strength, Spirituality
78. “During the dark hours I felt my sick heart expand and beat more furiously, and I no longer made any distinction between pleasure and pain, but one was similar to the other; both hurt and both were precious. Whether my inner life went well or badly, my discovered strength stood peacefully outside looking on and knew that light and dark were closely related and that sorrow and peace were rhythm, part and spirit of the same great music.”
Hermann Hesse Pleasure, Pain, Duality, Strength, Rhythm, Inner Life
82. “You are not strict with him, you do not punish him, you do not command him – because you know that gentleness is stronger than severity, that water is stronger than rock, that love is stronger than force.”
Hermann Hesse Gentleness, Love, Strength, Relational Wisdom, Moral Insight, Compassionate Authority
90. “There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy show you where you are weak. Only the enemy shows you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. – Mazer Rackham.”
Orson Scott Card Enemy, Learning, Strategy, Weakness, Strength, Warfare
