現実というものは我々の内にしかない。これほど多くの人が偽りの生活を送っている原因もそこにある。彼らは自分たちの外側にあるイメージが現実だと思い込んでいるから、内なる世界から聞こえてくる声に決して耳を傾けようとしない。 - ヘルマン・ヘッセ (1877 - 1962): 『デミアン』
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There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself. - Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962): Demian
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