Hermann Hesse

To be a teacher is my greatest joy.

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One must find the source within oneself.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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The only reality is the one we create in our own minds.

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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must destroy a world.

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The man who has no imagination has no wings.

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The important thing is not to stop questioning.

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In the end, the only thing that matters is that you have lived your life fully.

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Everything becomes more difficult, as if one were in a fog, one sees and hears less clearly.

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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed.

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