“When a tree is polled, it will sprout new shoots nearer its roots. A soul that is ruined in the bud will… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And those of us who trust ourselves the least, Who doubt and question most, these, it may be, Will make their mark… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Light the Christmas candles for your children! Let them sing carols! But don't delude yourselves, don't content yourselves year after year with… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The empire cannot become a child again. Nobody can. It cannot simply give away its cannons, machines, and money and once again… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I realize that some people will not believe that a child of little more than ten years is capable of having such… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
That is why we were drawn to one another and why we are brother and sister. I am going to teach you… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Vasudeva listened with great attention. Listening carefully, he let everything enter his mind, birthplace and childhood, all that learning, all that searching,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I have no idea whether parents can be of help, and I do not blame mine. It was my own affair to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“In any case I fully endorse the singer's attitude towards the booklet that he will write and the child he wishes to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“But if you were to die ten times for him, you would not alter his destiny in the slightest” — hermann hesse Copy Share Image
One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginning and its promise-filled childhood, as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Even the wolf has two, and more than two, souls in his wolf's breast, and he who desires to be a wolf… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The life of the grownups had caught me, at first by a lock of hair or a finger, but soon it would… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The world was beautiful when looked at in this way-without any seeking, so simple, so childlike. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A home isn't just a roof over our heads. A home is a place where we feel loved and where we love others. It's… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Fortunately, like most children, I had learned what is most valuable, most indispensable for life before school years began, taught by apple trees, by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The mistaken and unhappy notion that a man is an enduring unity is known to you. It is also known to you that a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“... it would be better for our country and the world in general, if at least the few people who were capable of thought… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“..it is useless for you to build walls and dormitories and chapels and churches. Death looks through the window and laughs..” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“When the world is at peace, when all things are tranquil and all men obey their superiors in all their courses, then music can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
