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Y]ou have no happiness in your heart, no power, no will that does not live in us as a presentiment, a reflection, a distant shadow in our hearts, too.
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All they thought about was how to get rich fast, and whoever had owned a mill or forge now had to have a factory quickly, and whoever had three workers now had to have ten. ... And the faster the many hands and machines worked, the faster the money accumulated - especially for those individuals who were adept at accumulating. Many, many workers ... suffered under conditions of drudgery and slavery.
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The world had been divided into ... parts that sought to annihilate each other because they both desired the same thing, namely the liberation of the oppressed, the elimination of violence, and the establishment of permanent peace.
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Hermann Hesse |
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They were ... neither beautiful nor ugly[.]
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Hermann Hesse |
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Bedenin ozben olmadigi , duyularin oyununun ozben olmadigi nasil kesinse, dusunceler de, akil da, ogrenilen bilgelikler de, bir dusunceden sonuclar cikarma ve yeni dusunceler uretme becerisi de ozben degildi. Hayir, dusuncelerin dunyasi da Ozben'in uzagindaydi, duyularin rastlandi niteligi tasiyan Ben'ini oldurup dusuncelerin ve bilgeliklerin rastlandisi niteligindeki Ben'ini beslemek de hedefe goturmeyecekti.
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Hermann Hesse |
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O gizi de," diye sordu bir defasinda dostu Vasudeva'ya, "sen de irmaktan ogrendin mi o gizi, zaman diye bir sey olmadigini?" ... "Evet, Siddharta," diye cevapladi Vasudeva. "Senin demek istedigin su olacak sanirim: Irmak ayni zamanda her yerdedir, kaynadigi yerde, dokuldugu yerde, caglayanda, kayikta, akinti yerinde, denizde, dagda, ayni zamanda her yerde ve onun icin yalnizca su an vardir, gecmisin golgesi diye bir sey bilmez irmak, gelec..
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Hermann Hesse |
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Zaman asilir asilmaz, zaman dusuncesi kafadan cikarilir cikarilmaz dunyadaki buyuk guclukler, butun dusmanliklar silinip gitmiyor mu, yenilgiye ugratilmiyor muydu?
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Hermann Hesse |
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Bilgelik bir baskasina anlatilamaz; bir bilgenin baskalarina anlatmaya calistigi bilgelik aptalca bir sey gibi gelir kulaga.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Nefret ettigim iki sey arasinda secim yapmak zorundayim - ya aklimin tiksindigi dusleri sececegim ya da duyularimi dehsete dusuren eylemi; baska bir deyisle, hamurumda hissedemedigim eylem ya da simdiye kadar hic kimsenin mayasinda olmayan dus.
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Hermann Hesse |
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We might well look for the day when, with wires or without, with or without the disturbance of other sounds, we should hear King Solomon speaking, or Walter von der Vogelweide. And all this, I said, just as today was the case with the beginnings of radio, would be of no more service to man than as an escape from himself and his true aims, and a means of surrounding himself with an ever closer mesh of distractions and useless activities.
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Hermann Hesse |
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There was nothing to charm or tempt me. Everything was old, withered, grey, limp and spent, and stank of staleness and decay. Dear God, how was it possible? How had I, with the wings of youth and poetry, come to this? Art and travel and the glow of ideals -- and now this! How had this paralysis of hatred against myself and everyone else, this obstruction of all feeling, this mud-hell of an empty heart and despair crept over me so softly and..
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despair
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When I struck, I thought I was hitting a strong man capable of defending himself - but it was a quiet, suffering man, unarmed, who surrendered in silence.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Pablo had left on me the impression of a pretty nonentity, a little beau, and somewhat empty at that, as happy as a child for whom there are no problems, whose joy is to dribble into his toy trumpet and who is kept quiet with praises and chocolate. Pablo, however, was not interested in my opinions.
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Hermann Hesse |
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wisdom cannot be passed on. Wisdom which a wise man tries to pass on to someone always sounds like foolishness.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Pero cuando se conoce lo otro, ya no se puede elegir el camino de la mayoria. Sinclair, el camino de la mayoria es facil, el nuestro dificil. Caminemos.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Because when a man tries to realize himself through the gifts with which nature has endowed him, he does the best and only meaningful thing he can do. That's why, in former days, I often said to you: don't try to imitate the thinker or the ascetic man, but be yourself, try to be yourself.
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life
purpose
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Hermann Hesse |
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Creamos dioses y luchamos con ellos; y ellos nos bendicen.
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Hermann Hesse |
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I'm going nowhere. I'm just travelling. I'm on a pilgrimage.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Van niets ter wereld heeft de mens een grotere afkeer dan van het bewandelen van de weg die hem tot zichzelf leidt.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Nie rozpaczam, Harry. Ale cierpie... o tak, w tym mam doswiadczenie. Dziwisz sie, ze nie jestem szczesliwa, skoro umiem tanczyc i tak pewnie poruszam sie po powierzchni zycia. A ja przyjacielu dziwie sie, ze zycie cie tak rozczarowalo, skoro jestes wtajemniczony wlasnie w najpiekniejsze i najglebsze sprawy ducha, sztuki i mysli! Dlatego poczulismy pociag do siebie, dlatego jestesmy rodzenstwem. Bede cie uczyla tanczyc, bawic sie i usmiechac..
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hermina
wilk-stepowy
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Hermann Hesse |
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You consider yourself odd at times, you accuse yourself of taking a road different from most people. You have to unlearn that.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Observa bien a un hombre y sabras de el mas que el mismo.
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Hermann Hesse |
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I do want something more. I'm not content to be happy, that's not what I'm cut out to be, not what fate intended for me. I'm destined to be the very opposite. I had more than my fair share of unhappiness but my unhappiness was stupid, barren... Because if I wanted to die, and I did, I ought not to have been so afraid of death. The unhappiness I'm in need of and longing for is different. It's of a kind that will make me hunger for suffering ..
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suicide
suffering
motivation
inspirational
happyness
self-improvement
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1b054ce
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The law of service. He who wishes to live long must serve, but he who wishes to rule does not live long.
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rule
service
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Hermann Hesse |
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Even souls that are intensely alive will soon age and grow weary of this bustling, frenetic, satiated life.
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Hermann Hesse |
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And I don't want to live like a fleeting shadow, a consumptive, no. I want to live genuinely, with the true warmth and in full bloom. I want to be a gay worshipper in the temple of the muses rather than a mere hunted prey. Each day I ask in my prayers for the ability to preserve my own inner world rather than become stifled, so that the sweet poison, which I see thousands of people sipping, may not consume me as well.
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Hermann Hesse |
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There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself. You can be happy that way. But once you know the other interpretation you no longer have the choice of following the crowd.
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Hermann Hesse |
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It's always difficult to be born. As you know, the bird must make an effort to break out of the egg. Think back and ask: Was the path really that difficult? Merely difficult? Wasn't it also beautiful? Could you have thought of a more beautiful or easier one?
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I'm always running into the Sunday God of churchgoing Christians and cannot help noticing that he doesn't help out much on weekdays.
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religion
soul-of-the-age
letters
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Floribert could neither sing nor recite these poems because they were without words, but he dreamed and felt them sometimes, especially in the evenings.
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Hermann Hesse |
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These games sprang from their deep need to close their eyes and flee from unsolved problems and anxious forebodings of doom into an imaginary world as innocuous as possible.
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These games sprang from their deep need to close their eyes and flee from unsolved problems and anxious forebodings of doom into an imaginary world as innocuous as possible. They assiduously learned to drive automobiles, to play difficult card games and lose themselves in crossword puzzles--for they faced death, fear, pain, and hunger almost without defenses, could no longer accept the consolations of the churches, and could obtain no usefu..
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Hermann Hesse |
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El que quiere nacer, tiene que romper un mundo.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Now and again I have expressed the opinion that every nation, and even 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 negligences and evil tendencies are guilty of the war and all the other wrongs of the world, and that therein lies the only possible means of avoiding the next war.
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To reflect for one moment, to examine himself for a while and ask what share he has in the world's confusion and wickedness--look you, nobody wants to do that. And so there's no stopping it, and the next war is being pushed on with enthusiasm by thousands upon thousands day by day. It has paralysed me since I knew it, and brought me to despair. I have no country and no ideals left. All that comes to nothing but decorations for the gentlemen..
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Hermann Hesse |
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The war against death, dear Harry, is always a beautiful, noble and wonderful and glorious thing, and so, it follows, is the war against war. But it is always hopeless and quixotic too.
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Hermann Hesse |
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His cumbersome mind clung to an obscure ideal, shared by many people of limited intellect and venerated with unthinking respect: to let a branch sprout from the main trunk, an extension of himself.
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parenting
intellect
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A]ll the countries had enough to pay for these enormous protective walls, and nobody thought about war. They only armed themselves 'just in case' - because rich people like to see steel walls around their money.
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Hermann Hesse |
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Ninguna idea le era mas odiosa y horrible que la de tener que ejercer un cargo, someterse a una distribucion del tiempo, obedecer a otros. Una oficina, una cancilleria, un negociado eran cosas para el tan execrables como la muerte,
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Hermann Hesse |
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Lernen Sie ernst nehmen, was des Ernstnehmens wert ist, und lachen uber das andre!
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lachen
lernen
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Onu bulmak gerekiyor, kendi Ben'inde bu asil pinari bulmak, onu bulum ozumsemek gerekiyordu! Baska turlusu aramakti yalniz, dolambacli yoldu, yolunu sasirmakti.
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Hermann Hesse |
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But I no longer look to the stars, or seek in books; I have started to hear the lessons roared and murmured by the blood in my body. My story is not a happy one, not pleasing and harmonious like something invented - it reeks of meaninglessness and confusion, of insanity and dream, like the life of anyone who no longer wishes to lie to himself.
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Hermann Hesse |
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You are much too exacting and hungry for this simple, easygoing and easily contented world of today. You have a dimension too many. Whoever wants to live and enjoy his life today must not be like you and me. Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours--
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Hermann Hesse |
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Let's practice a little philosophy now; that is, let's shut up, lie on our stomachs, and think.
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philosophy
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