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More Quotes by Hermann Hesse
Of course when one opens a coffin, one destroys it. Nevertheless a delicate odour of cedarwood will come forth.
The most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still in school.
For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal.
What you search is not necessarily the same as what you find. When you let go of the searching, you start finding.
And so Gotama wandered into the town to obtain alms, and the two Samanas recognized him only by his complete peacefulness of demeanor, by the stillness of his form, in which there was no seeking, no will, no counterfeit, no effort - only light and peace.
Searching means having a goal. But finding means: being free, standing open, having no goal... A seeker does not see some things that are close to his eyes.
Homeland is not here or there. Home is either within or nowhere.
It is important for me to know how to love the world, not to despise it, not to feel hatred towards it and myself, to look at it, at myself and at all beings with love, admiration and great respect.
Love between young people and love after many years of marriage is not the same thing.
Youth is the most difficult time of life. For example, suicide rarely occurs amongst old people.
