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Demian by Herman Hesse
"We talk too much," he said with unwonted seriousness. "Clever talk is absolutely worthless. All you do in the process is lose yourself. And to lose yourself is a sin. One has to be able to crawl completely inside oneself, like a tortoise."
-from Chapter 3, Among Thieves
-from Chapter 3, Among Thieves
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"Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak surrender to them, don't ask first whether it's permitted or would please your teachers or father, or some god. You will ruin yourself if you do that." p 93
"If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." p 95
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"The things we see are the same things that are within us. 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. Sinclair, the majority's path is an easy one, ours is difficult." p 96
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"I live in my dreams... Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference." p 97
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"The things we see are the same things that are within us. 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. Sinclair, the majority's path is an easy one, ours is difficult." p 96
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"I live in my dreams... Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference." p 97
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