Perfect music has its cause. It arises from equilibrium. Equilibrium arises from righteousness, and righteousness arises from the meaning of the cosmos. Therefore one can speak about music only with a man who has perceived the meaning of the cosmos.
Hermann Hesse
Music, Equilibrium, Cosmos, Artistic Philosophy, Universal Harmony, Spiritual Insight
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“Many verses of the holy books, above all the Upanishads of Sama-Veda spoke of this innermost thing. It is written: "Your soul is the whole world." It says that when a man is asleep, he penetrates his innermost and dwells in Atman. There was wonderful wisdom in these verses; all the knowledge of the sages was told here in enchanting language, pure as honey collected by the bees.” Hermann Hesse
Upanishads, Atman, Wisdom, Spiritual Texts, Universal Soul, Ancient Knowledge
Hermann Hesse Upanishads, Atman, Wisdom, Spiritual Texts, Universal Soul, Ancient Knowledge“Lovers should not separate from each other after making love without admiring each other, without being conquered as well as conquering, so that no feeling of satiation or desolation arises nor the horrid feeling of misusing or having been misused.” Hermann Hesse
Lovers, Admiring, Conquered, Intimate Connection, Mutual Respect, Emotional Balance
Hermann Hesse Lovers, Admiring, Conquered, Intimate Connection, Mutual Respect, Emotional Balance“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.” Hermann Hesse
Circles, Upwards, Spiral, Personal Growth, Spiritual Evolution, Life Journey
Hermann Hesse Circles, Upwards, Spiral, Personal Growth, Spiritual Evolution, Life Journey“Therefore, it seems to me that everything that exists is good – death as well as life, sin as well as holiness, wisdom as well as folly. Everything is necessary, everything needs only my agreement, my assent, my loving understanding; then all is well with me and nothing can harm me.” Hermann Hesse
Existence, Duality, Acceptance, Wisdom, Love, Understanding
Hermann Hesse Existence, Duality, Acceptance, Wisdom, Love, Understanding“Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was equivalent to being a very good mathematician.” Hermann Hesse
Mathematicians, Glass Bead Game, Reputation, Intellectual Prestige, Cultural Value, Interdisciplinary Skill
Hermann Hesse Mathematicians, Glass Bead Game, Reputation, Intellectual Prestige, Cultural Value, Interdisciplinary Skill“Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.” Hermann Hesse
Opinions, Subjectivity, Perception, Judgment, Personal Choice, Intellectual Freedom
Hermann Hesse Opinions, Subjectivity, Perception, Judgment, Personal Choice, Intellectual Freedom“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
Hermann Hesse Gentleness, Love, Strength, Relational Wisdom, Moral Insight, Compassionate Authority“Your soul has fallen to bits and pieces. Good. Rearrange them to suit yourself.” Hermann Hesse
Soul, Transformation, Healing, Self Creation, Personal Growth, Inner Harmony
Hermann Hesse Soul, Transformation, Healing, Self Creation, Personal Growth, Inner Harmony“Obeying is like eating and drinking. There’s nothing like it if you’ve been without it for too long.” Hermann Hesse
Obedience, Necessity, Instinct, Human Nature, Survival Needs, Natural Behavior
Hermann Hesse Obedience, Necessity, Instinct, Human Nature, Survival Needs, Natural Behavior“But I need to feel beautiful and holy things around me, always: music, mystery cults, symbols, myths. I need it, and I refuse to give it up... That's my fatal flaw.” Hermann Hesse
Beautiful, Holy, Fatal Flaw, Aesthetic Necessity, Spiritual Longing, Personal Vulnerability
Hermann Hesse Beautiful, Holy, Fatal Flaw, Aesthetic Necessity, Spiritual Longing, Personal Vulnerability“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“I am superior to you only in one point: I'm awake, whereas you are only half awake, or completely asleep sometimes. I call a man awake who knows in his conscious reason his innermost unreasonable force, drives, and weaknesses and knows how to deal with them.” Hermann Hesse
Awake, Superior, Conscious, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Psychological Insight
Hermann Hesse Awake, Superior, Conscious, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Psychological Insight“That I know nothing about myself, that Siddhartha has remained thus alien and unknown to me, stems from one cause, a single cause: I was afraid of myself, I was fleeing from myself! I searched Atman, I searched Brahmin, I was willing to dissect myself and peel off all of its layers, to find the core of all peels in its unknown interior, the Atman, life, the divine part, the ultimate part. But I have lost myself in the process.” Hermann Hesse
Myself, Searched, Lost, Self-discovery, Spiritual Journey, Existential Alienation
Hermann Hesse Myself, Searched, Lost, Self-discovery, Spiritual Journey, Existential Alienation“The water changed to vapour and rose, became rain and came down again, became spring, brook and river, changed a new, flowed anew.” Hermann Hesse
Water, Vapour, River, Natural Cycles, Eternal Change, Spiritual Metaphor
Hermann Hesse Water, Vapour, River, Natural Cycles, Eternal Change, Spiritual Metaphor“Into being a priest, into this arrogance, into this spirituality, his self had retreated, there it sat firmly and grew, while he thought he would kill it by fasting and penance.” Hermann Hesse
Spirituality, Self, Retreat, Irony, Growth, Personal Conflict
Hermann Hesse Spirituality, Self, Retreat, Irony, Growth, Personal Conflict“Once all of the Self was overcome and had died, once every desire and every urge was silent in the heart, then the ultimate part of me had to awake, the innermost of my being, which is no longer Self – the great secret.” Hermann Hesse
Self, Awakening, Desire, Silence, Inner Truth, Spiritual Journey
Hermann Hesse Self, Awakening, Desire, Silence, Inner Truth, Spiritual Journey“Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself.” Hermann Hesse
Life, Road, Himself, Personal Journey, Self-discovery, Human Incompleteness
Hermann Hesse Life, Road, Himself, Personal Journey, Self-discovery, Human Incompleteness“Nothing was, nothing will be, everything has reality and presence.” Hermann Hesse
Nothing, Everything, Presence, Temporal Paradox, Existential Reality, Philosophical Insight
Hermann Hesse Nothing, Everything, Presence, Temporal Paradox, Existential Reality, Philosophical Insight“Haller belongs to those who have been caught between two ages, who are outside of all security and simple acquiescence. He belongs to those whose fate it is to live the whole riddle of human destiny heightened to the pitch of a personal torture, a personal hell.” Hermann Hesse
Ages, Destiny, Hell, Existential Struggle, Personal Torment, Historical Liminality
Hermann Hesse Ages, Destiny, Hell, Existential Struggle, Personal Torment, Historical Liminality