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“Ich bin ein Stern am Firmament,
der die Welt betrachtet, die Welt verachtet
und in der eignen Glut verbrennt.
Ich bin das Meer, das nächtens stürmt,
das klagende Meer, das opferschwer
zu alten Sünden neu türmt.
Ich bin von Eurer Welt verbannt,
vom Stolz erzogen, vom Stolz belogen,
ich bin der König ohne Land.
Ich bin die stumme Leidenschaft,
im Haus ohne Herd, im Krieg ohne Schwert
und krank an meiner eignen Kraft.”
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der die Welt betrachtet, die Welt verachtet
und in der eignen Glut verbrennt.
Ich bin das Meer, das nächtens stürmt,
das klagende Meer, das opferschwer
zu alten Sünden neu türmt.
Ich bin von Eurer Welt verbannt,
vom Stolz erzogen, vom Stolz belogen,
ich bin der König ohne Land.
Ich bin die stumme Leidenschaft,
im Haus ohne Herd, im Krieg ohne Schwert
und krank an meiner eignen Kraft.”
―
“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
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“As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…”
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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“Most men will not swim before they are able to.” Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they wont think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what’s more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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