Look: We hate nothing that exists, not even death, suffering and dying, does not horrify our souls, as long as we learn more deeply to love.
Hermann Hesse
Hate, Death, Love, Existential Acceptance, Emotional Growth, Spiritual Perspective
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“Quien no lleva dentro un lobo no tiene por eso que ser feliz tampoco.” Hermann Hesse
Lobo, Feliz, Dentro, Inner Conflict, Happiness Misconception, Psychological Depth
Hermann Hesse Lobo, Feliz, Dentro, Inner Conflict, Happiness Misconception, Psychological Depth“For him, behind every feeling and thought was the sense of the open door leading into nothingness. To be sure, he suffered from dread of many things, of madness, the police, insomnia, and also dread of death. But everything he dreaded he likewise desired and longed for at the same time. He was full of burning curiosity about suffering, destruction, persecution, madness and death.” Hermann Hesse
Existentialism, Duality, Curiosity, Dread, Human Condition, Inner Conflict
Hermann Hesse Existentialism, Duality, Curiosity, Dread, Human Condition, Inner Conflict“One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage.” Hermann Hesse
Apologize, Fundamental, Child, Innate Wisdom, Emotional Depth, Existential Truth
Hermann Hesse Apologize, Fundamental, Child, Innate Wisdom, Emotional Depth, Existential Truth“I'm not kidding. I'm telling you what I've found. Knowledge can be conveyed, but not wisdom. It can be found, it can be lived, it is possible to be carried by it, miracles can be performed with it, but it cannot be expressed in words and taught. This was what I, even as a young man, sometimes suspected, what has driven me away from the teachers.” Hermann Hesse
Knowledge, Wisdom, Taught, Experiential Learning, Philosophical Insight, Educational Limitation
Hermann Hesse Knowledge, Wisdom, Taught, Experiential Learning, Philosophical Insight, Educational Limitation“Most men will not swim before they are able to.’ Is not that witty? Naturally, they won’t swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they won’t think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what’s more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown.” Hermann Hesse
Thought, Existence, Reality, Life, Philosophy, Risk
Hermann Hesse Thought, Existence, Reality, Life, Philosophy, Risk“I had considered myself some kind of genius and had considerably underestimated the toils and difficulties encountered along the path to an art.” Hermann Hesse
Genius, Underestimation, Art, Creativity, Struggle, Personal Growth
Hermann Hesse Genius, Underestimation, Art, Creativity, Struggle, Personal Growth“Teaching and surrounded by disciples, he was wandering through the land, with no property, with no home, with no wife, in the yellow cloak of an ascetic, but with a serene brow: a blissful man.” Hermann Hesse
Teaching, Wandering, Blissful, Spiritual Journey, Material Detachment, Inner Peace
Hermann Hesse Teaching, Wandering, Blissful, Spiritual Journey, Material Detachment, Inner Peace“We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, affliction, or infamy. We kill when, because it is easier, we countenance, or pretend to approve of atrophied social, political, educational, and religious institutions, instead of resolutely combating them.” Hermann Hesse
Kill, Poverty, Institutions, Social Responsibility, Moral Critique, Political Awareness
Hermann Hesse Kill, Poverty, Institutions, Social Responsibility, Moral Critique, Political Awareness“The mother of life could be called love or desire; she could also be called death, grave, or decay. Eve was the mother. She was the source of bliss as well as of death; eternally she gave birth and eternally she killed; her love was fused with cruelty. The longer he carried her image within him, the more it became a parable and a sacred symbol to him. Not.” Hermann Hesse
Mother, Life, Death, Existential Duality, Feminine Archetype, Spiritual Symbolism
Hermann Hesse Mother, Life, Death, Existential Duality, Feminine Archetype, Spiritual Symbolism“One can beg, buy, be presented with and find love in the streets, but it can never be stolen.” Hermann Hesse
Love, Streets, Stolen, Emotional Truth, Relational Insight, Moral Observation
Hermann Hesse Love, Streets, Stolen, Emotional Truth, Relational Insight, Moral Observation“It taught him how to listen – how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.” Hermann Hesse
Listen, Quiet, Soul, Spiritual Learning, Non-judgmental Awareness, Inner Stillness
Hermann Hesse Listen, Quiet, Soul, Spiritual Learning, Non-judgmental Awareness, Inner Stillness“Every important cultural gesture comes down to a morality, a model for human behavior concentrated into a gesture.” Hermann Hesse
Culture, Morality, Behavior, Symbolism, Human Interaction, Social Norms
Hermann Hesse Culture, Morality, Behavior, Symbolism, Human Interaction, Social Norms“Animals are sad as a rule. And when a man is sad – I don’t mean because he has a toothache or has lost some money, but because he sees, for once in a way, how it all is with life and everything, and is sad in earnest – he always looks a little like an animal. He looks not only sad, but more right and more beautiful than usual.” Hermann Hesse
Sadness, Humanity, Empathy, Observation, Beauty In Sorrow, Emotional Depth
Hermann Hesse Sadness, Humanity, Empathy, Observation, Beauty In Sorrow, Emotional Depth“Nothing was, nothing will be; everything is, everything has existence and is present.” Hermann Hesse
Nothing, Everything, Present, Temporal Philosophy, Existential Reality, Metaphysical Insight
Hermann Hesse Nothing, Everything, Present, Temporal Philosophy, Existential Reality, Metaphysical Insight“Be aware of too much wisdom!” Hermann Hesse
Wisdom, Caution, Knowledge, Introspection, Balance, Awareness
Hermann Hesse Wisdom, Caution, Knowledge, Introspection, Balance, Awareness“The world was beautiful when looked at in this way-without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.” Hermann Hesse
Beauty, Simplicity, Perception, Innocence, Existence, Presence
Hermann Hesse Beauty, Simplicity, Perception, Innocence, Existence, Presence“Yes, I am going into the woods; I am going into the unity of all things.” Hermann Hesse
Woods, Unity, Things, Nature Connection, Spiritual Journey, Universal Oneness
Hermann Hesse Woods, Unity, Things, Nature Connection, Spiritual Journey, Universal Oneness“The bourgeois today burns as heretics and hangs as criminals those to whom he erects monuments tomorrow.” Hermann Hesse
Bourgeois, Heretics, Monuments, Historical Irony, Societal Hypocrisy, Cultural Evolution
Hermann Hesse Bourgeois, Heretics, Monuments, Historical Irony, Societal Hypocrisy, Cultural Evolution“Everyone had only one true vocation: to find himself. Let him wind up as a poet or a madman, as a prophet or a criminal – that wasn’t his business; in the long run, it was irrelevant. His business was to discover his own destiny, not just any destiny, and to live it totally and undividedly. Anything else was just a half-measure, an attempt to run away, an escape back to the ideal of the masses, an adaptation, fear of one’s own nature.” Hermann Hesse
Vocation, Find, Destiny, Personal Authenticity, Existential Purpose, Individual Journey
Hermann Hesse Vocation, Find, Destiny, Personal Authenticity, Existential Purpose, Individual Journey