When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
What he had not learned, however, was this: to find contentment in himself and his own life — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I have become distrustful of teachings and learning, and I have little faith in words that come to us from teachers. But,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
One of the disadwantages of school and learning, he thought dreamily, was that the mind seemed to have the tendency too see… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Doesn't your learning reveal to you that the reason why I please you and mean so much to you is because I… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Struggling, despairing, Klein fought with his demon. All the new understanding and sense of redemption this fateful time had yielded had surged,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Thinking, he walked ever more slowly and asked himself, What is it now that you were hoping to learn from doctrines and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Oh, if only it were possible to find understanding,” Joseph exclaimed. “If only there were a dogma to believe in. Everything is… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“It is understandable that there has been a good deal of joking about purely learned works of this type. Their actual value… — 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
