What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Man is not by any means of fixed and enduring form (this, in spite of suspicions to the contrary on the part… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Those who direct the maximum force of their desires toward the center, toward true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the passionate… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Those who direct the maximum force of their desires towards the center, toward the true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
As every flower fades and as all youth departs, so life at every stage, so every virtue, so our grasp of truth… — 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
