“Slowly the disease of the soul, which rich people have, grabbed hold of him.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And they didn't like to pay with trust and love, but rather with money and goods. They betrayed each other and expected… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Time and the world, money and power belong to the small people and the shallow people. To the rest, to the real… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“As a modern man, Ziegler had an infinite respect not only for money but also for that other powerful force – science.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“My life had become weariness. It had wandered in a maze of unhappiness that led to renunciation and nothingness; it was bitter… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“See what monkeys we are! Look, such is man!" and at once all renown, all intelligence, all the attainments of the spirit,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“He envied them for the one thing that was missing from him and that they had, the importance they were able to… — hermann hesse Copy Share Image
“It is good," he thought, "to get a taste of everything for oneself, which one needs to know. That lust for the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
No, I'm not religious, I'm sorry to say. But I was once and shall be again. There is no time now to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels. They… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“experiences, though forgotten, could never be erased. Their series was the story of my life, their starry light the undying value of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“For much longer, he could have stayed with Kamaswami, made money, wasted money, filled his stomach, and let his soul die of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“On a strange and devious way, Siddhartha had gotten into this final and most base of all dependencies, by means of the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The truth is simply that money, power, and all the possessions for which men torment and ultimately shoot each other mean little… — 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
