The only reality is the one we have inside us. What makes most peopleโs lives so artificial and unworthy is that they falsely regard outside images as reality and they never allow their own inner world to speak.
Hermann HesseI am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.
Hermann HesseA tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!... Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
Hermann HesseAnd here is a doctrine at which you will laugh. It seems to me, Govinda, that love is the most important thing in the world.
Hermann Hesse