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“How strongly does this bear out the truth of Plato’s maxim, that he who wishes to be really rich ought to lessen his desires rather than increase his property, because if a man places no bounds to his covetousness, he never will be free from want and misery.”

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“Love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

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“Man’s life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness.”

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“You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.”

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“Do not overlook the little joys!”

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“We fear death, we shudder at life’s instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, are transitory and will soon disappear.”

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“Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.”

Hermann Hesse
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“One never reaches home… But wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.”

Hermann Hesse
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“I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.”

Hermann Hesse
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“Love must not entreat… Or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.”

Hermann Hesse
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