He saw mankind going through life in a childlike manner... which he loved but also despised… He saw them toiling, saw them suffering, and becoming gray for the sake of things which seemed to him to be entirely unworthy of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And so the German spirit, carousing in music, in wonderful creations of sound, and wonderful beauties of feeling and mood that were never pressed home to reality, has left the greater part of its gifts to decay. None of us… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image