"For even the most childish intoxication with progress will soon be forced to recognize that writing and books have a function that… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
When someone is seeking,” said Siddartha, “It happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
...Haller's sickness of the soul, as I now know, is not the eccentricity of a single individual, but the sickness of the… — 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
All birth means separation from the All, the confinement within limitation, the separation from God, the pangs of being born ever anew.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them. — 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
