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Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a sec

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. – Herman Hesse

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Until 1914 I loved to travel I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely abandoned travelling, and I have not been outside of Switzerland for over ten years. – Herman Hesse

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Travel
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I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. – Herman Hesse

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Diplomacy: the art of restraining power. – Henry A. Kissinger

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Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane. – Theodor Adorno

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Vision is the true creative rhythm. – Robert Delaunay

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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. – Walter Benjamin

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