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Quote by Hermann Hesse

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

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Hermann Hesse was a German poet and novelist, born on July 2, 1877, and died on August 9, 1962. Known for his profound psychological descriptions and exploration of human nature, his works include classics such as 'Steppenwolf' and 'The Glass Bead Game'. more

“For you [God] are infinite and never change. In you "today" never comes to an end: and yet our "today" does come to an end in you, because time, as well as everything else, exists in you. If it did not, it would have no means of passing. And since your years never come to an end, for you they are simply "today."”

Ifs Years Wells Mean Doe Made Ends Today Tomorrow Infinite Yesterday Passing Passings Never Change

Author:Saint Augustine

“In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.”

Men Life Years Children Life Is Nature Youth Periods Casts Woods Wilderness Perpetual Snakes Slough

Book:Essays and Lectures

Source: Essays and Lectures

“I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.”

Men Beautiful Lines Streets Lovers Dear Landscape Immortal Wilderness Horizon Village Tranquil

Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Shudder, in fact, is not quite the word for the feeling. Feeling is not quite the word for the feeling. How's bathing at knifepoint in the phlegm of the dead? Is that a feeling?”