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When we hate a person, what we hate in his image is something inside ourselves. Whatever isn’t inside us can’t excite us.

Hate, Projection, Self Reflection, Inner Conflict, Empathy, Understanding

When we hate a person what we hate in his

When we hate a person what we hate in his

When we hate a person what we hate in his

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More Hermann Hesse Quotes

“Every experience has its element of magic.”

Experience, Magic, Element, Life Philosophy, Personal Wonder, Existential Appreciation

“So you find yourself surrounded by death and horror in the world, and you escape it into lust. But lust has no duration; it leaves you again in the desert.”

Lust, Death, Desert, Existential Escape, Temporary Pleasure, Emotional Desolation

“Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists of putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a moment, just long enough for a joke.”

Seriousness, Time, Eternity, Perspective, Humor, Existence

“But it seems that Abraxas has a much greater significance. We may look upon the name as that of a deity who had the symbolic task of combining the godlike and the devilish." The.”

Abraxas, Godlike, Devilish, Spiritual Duality, Mythological Symbolism, Philosophical Concept

“When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self – the great secret!”

Enlightenment, Transcendence, Awakening, Spirituality, Inner Peace, Ultimate Truth

“The river taught us how to listen with a silent heart, with a waiting open soul...”

River, Listen, Soul, Spiritual Learning, Inner Stillness, Receptive Awareness

“What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”

Part, Disturb, Ourselves, Psychological Insight, Self-awareness, Emotional Triggers

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

Holding, Strong, Letting Go, Emotional Wisdom, Personal Growth, Life Philosophy

“That is why we were drawn to one another and why we are brother and sister. I am going to teach you to dance and play and smile, and still not be happy. And you are going to teach me to think and to know and yet not be happy. Do you know that we are both children of the Devil?”

Brother, Sister, Devil, Complementary Learning, Existential Unhappiness, Spiritual Kinship

“The mind cannot live in nature, only against nature, only as its counterpart.”

Mind, Nature, Counterpart, Human Consciousness, Natural World, Existential Opposition

“Now and then I have expressed the opinion that every nation, and every person, would do better, instead of rocking himself to sleep with political catchwords about war-guilt, to ask himself how far his own faults and negligencies and evil tendencies are guilty of the war and all the other wrongs of the world, and that there lies the only possible means of avoiding the next war.”

Accountability, Responsibility, Introspection, Peace, Social Justice, Personal Growth

“Solitude is independence.”

Solitude, Independence, Freedom, Self Reflection, Personal Space, Inner Peace

“I am much inclined to live from my rucksack, and let my trousers fray as they like.”

Rucksack, Trousers, Live, Personal Freedom, Material Detachment, Unconventional Lifestyle

“Was it not his Self, his small, fearful and proud Self, with which he had wrestled for so many years, but which had always conquered him again, which appeared each time again and again, which robbed him of happiness and filled him with fear?”

Self, Struggle, Happiness, Fear, Personal Conflict, Existential Reflection

“Anyone knowing how to live for the moment, to live in the present as she did, treasuring every little wayside flower with loving care and deriving value from every playful little instant, had nothing to fear from life.”

Moment, Present, Fear, Mindful Living, Appreciation, Life Philosophy

“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.”

Gentleness, Love, Strength, Relational Wisdom, Moral Insight, Compassionate Authority

“In Germany I have been acknowledged again since the fall of Hitler, but my works, partly suppressed by the Nazis and partly destroyed by the war; have not yet been republished there.”

Acknowledgment, History, Resilience, Artistic Expression, Censorship, Legacy

“When two cultures collide is the only time when true suffering exists.”

Culture, Conflict, Suffering, Understanding, Coexistence, Identity

“Each of us is merely one human being, merely an experiment, a way station. But each of us should be on the way toward perfection, should be striving to reach the center, not the periphery.”

Human, Experiment, Perfection, Personal Growth, Spiritual Journey, Existential Purpose

“Like a wallflower he stayed in the background waiting for someone to fetch him, someone more courageous and stronger than himself to tear him away and force him into happiness.”

Wallflower, Background, Happiness, Personal Passivity, Emotional Dependence, Self-limitation