Whether it is good or evil, whether life in itself is pain or pleasure, whether it is uncertain-that it may perhaps be… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You treat world history as a mathematician does mathematics, in which nothing but laws and formulas exist, no reality, no good and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The law of service. He who wishes to live long must serve, but he who wishes to rule does not live long.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The law?" I asked curiously. "What law's that, Leo?" "The law of service. He who wishes to live must serve, but he… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They… — 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
