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Biography - Hermann Hesse:

German-born poet, novelist, and painter.
Born: 1877 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Truly there is no wise man. Who does not know the dark.
Hermann Hesse - In the fog


Note 

Note




Quote source: In the fog

Wikisource - Gedichte Hesse (de) 



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Wahrlich, keiner ist weise, der nicht das Dunkel kennt.
Hermann Hesse - Im Nebel

French
En vérité, personne n'est sage qui ne connaît l'obscurité.
Hermann Hesse - Dans le brouillard



See also 

See also...



Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.
Carl Gustav Jung

He who has thought most deeply loves what is most alive.
Friedrich Hölderlin



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I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
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So that the possible emerges, the impossible must be tried again and again.
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The really great men in the history of the world have all either known how to meditate or have unconsciously found their way to the place to which meditation leads us.
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Opponents often need each other more than friends, for without wind, the mills won't run.
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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.
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