Conny

“As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul…”
― Hermes Trismegistus

“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.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

“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.”
― Hermann Hesse

“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”
― Albert Camus