--- title: "11 Hermann Hesse Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Hermann Hesse quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Hermann Hesse sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/robin-s-sharma-771_siddhartha-by-herman_siddhartha-by-hermann-hesse-2059867_2059867.jpg" --- > [“Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-s-sharma/siddhartha-by-hermann-hesse/) [Robin S. Sharma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-s-sharma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/robin-s-sharma-771_siddhartha-by-herman_siddhartha-by-hermann-hesse-2059867_2059867.jpg) > [“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat any time and be yourself. —Hermann Hesse”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marti-olsen-laney/within-you-there-is-a-stillness-and-a-sanctuary-to-which-you-can-2/) [Marti Olsen Laney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marti-olsen-laney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/marti-olsen-laney-33242_retreat_within-you-there-is-a-stillness-and-a-sa_2693080.jpg) > [Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest. Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/learn-what-is-to-be-taken-seriously-and-laugh-at-the-rest-hermann/) [Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/hermann-hesse-130_advice_learn-what-is-to-be-taken-seriously-and_1087973.png) > [I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-clapton/i-found-my-god-in-music-and-the-arts-with-writers-like-hermann-hesse/) [Eric Clapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-clapton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/295/eric-clapton-3136_art_i-found-my-god-in-music-and-the-arts-wit_1083392.jpg) > [“My life is a continuous walk through the corridors of Hermann Hesse's Magic Theatre with its mirrors on one side, and doors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-fitchett/my-life-is-a-continuous-walk-through-the-corridors-of-hermann-hesse-s/) [Garry Fitchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-fitchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/garry-fitchett-20548_life_my-life-is-a-continuous-walk-through-the_1065641.jpg) > [“Suggestions for further reading Karen Armstrong, Jerusalem; Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones; Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha; Deepak Chopra, God: A Story of Revelation; Kahlil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/suggestions-for-further-reading-karen-armstrong-jerusalem-jorge-luis/) [Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/paulo-coelho-10_christianity_suggestions-for-further-reading-karen-ar_2035739.jpg) > [Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-proust/wisdom-cannot-be-imparted-wisdom-that-a-wise-man-attempts-to-impart-2/) [Marcel Proust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-proust/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/marcel-proust-114_communicate_wisdom-cannot-be-imparted-wisdom-that-a_2092015.jpg) > [“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-forsberg-weiland/i-have-had-to-experience-so-much-stupidity-so-many-vices-so-much/) [Mary Forsberg Weiland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-forsberg-weiland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/mary-forsberg-weiland-50565_suicide_i-have-had-to-experience-so-much-stupidi_2178830.jpg) > [I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-clapton/i-have-no-problem-with-religion-and-i-grew-up-with-a-strong-curiosity/) [Eric Clapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-clapton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/eric-clapton-3136_art_i-have-no-problem-with-religion-and-i-gr_960696.jpg) > [“Do not cling to the shore, but set sail for exotic lands and places no longer found on maps. Walk on hallowed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-galian/do-not-cling-to-the-shore-but-set-sail-for-exotic-lands-and-places-no/) [Laurence Galian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-galian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a68/laurence-galian-19144_bogomils_do-not-cling-to-the-shore-but-set-sail-f_2082149.jpg) > [“Gross was a habitué of the decadent bohemian café society of Munich’s Schwabing district—a kind of early-twentieth-century Haight-Ashbury—and embraced the radical social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-valentine-lachman/gross-was-a-habitu-of-the-decadent-bohemian-caf-society-of-munich-s/) [Gary Valentine Lachman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-valentine-lachman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/gary-valentine-lachman-14492_counterculture_gross-was-a-habitu-of-the-decadent-bohem_882353.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hermann-hesse-2/#itemlist", "name": "Hermann Hesse Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin S. 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Walk on hallowed grounds. Blaze new trails. The term synchronicity was coined in the 1950s by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, to describe uncanny coincidences that seem to be meaningful. The Greek roots are syn-, \"together,\" and khronos, \"time.\" Synchronicity is the effector of Gnosis. Explore the Bogomils and the Cathars not just through books but, if at all possible, by visiting their lands, cemeteries and descendants. Finally, explore the most contemporary manifestations of Gnosticism: the writings of C.G. Jung, Jorge Luis Borges, Aleister Crowley, René Guénon, Hermann Hesse, Philip K. Dick, and Albert Camus. 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