I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.
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Hermann Hesse
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Hay quienes se consideran perfectos, pero es sólo porque exigen menos de sí mismos
By Hermann Hesse
Cuando se teme a alguien es porque a ese alguien le hemos concedido poder sobre nosotros
By Hermann Hesse
No digas de ningún sentimiento que es pequeño o indigno. No vivimos de otra cosa que de nuestros pobres, hermosos y magníficos sentimientos, y cada uno de ellos contra el que cometemos una injusticia es una estrella que apagamos
By Hermann Hesse
Para que pueda surgir lo posible. Es preciso intentar una y otra vez lo imposible
By Hermann Hesse
La belleza no hace feliz al que la posee, sino a quien puede amarla y adorarla
By Hermann Hesse
Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it.
By Hermann Hesse
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
By Hermann Hesse
I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the life I've got.
By Hermann Hesse
You've never lived what you are thinking, and that isn't good. Only the ideas we actually live are of any value.
By Hermann Hesse
An occasionally, I became very sad over that happiness, because I was well aware it couldn't last.
By Hermann Hesse
Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.
By Hermann Hesse
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
By Hermann Hesse
Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
By Hermann Hesse
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
By Hermann Hesse
It was fortunate that love did not need words; or else it would be full of misunderstanding and foolishness.
Hermann Hesse