The realization that my problem was one that concerned all men, a problem of living and thinking, suddenly swept over me and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I should not have had that fear of death when I wished for it all the same. The unhappiness that I need… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You should never be afraid of people... such fear can destroy us completely. You've simply got to get rid of it, if… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“He envied them for the one thing that was missing from him and that they had, the importance they were able to… — hermann hesse Copy Share Image
“I was conscious all the while in my heart how my fate raced on at breakneck speed, racing and chasing like a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The highest art... sets down its creations and trusts in their magic, without fear of not being understood. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“He thought the fear of death was perhaps the root of all art, perhaps also of all things of the mind. We… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“With growing sorrow and fear, the poor man painfully saw how wasted and empty the life that lay behind him had become.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“If a transaction in progress appeared threatened with failure, if a shipment of goods seemed to have gone astray, or if a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chococlate in my mouth,the one as hateful… — 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
For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“To stiffen into stone, to persevere! We long forever for the right to stay. But all that stays with us is fear,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha began to understand that it was not happiness and peace that had come to him with his son but, rather, sorrow… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Was it not his Self, his small, fearful and proud Self, with which he had wrestled for so many years, but which… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“He loved that anxiety, that terrible and oppressive anxiety which he experienced during the game of dice, during the suspense of high… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The golden trail was blazed and I was reminded of the eternal, of Mozart, of the stars. For an hour I could… — 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
