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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. ↗

— Hesiod

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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. ↗

— Hesiod

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Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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Solitude is independence. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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