Peace Quotes by Hermann Hesse

...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still.

— Hermann Hesse

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to…

— Hermann Hesse

The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.

— Hermann Hesse

The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation.

— Hermann Hesse

“...your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited.”

— Hermann Hesse

“Seeking nothing, emulating nothing, breathing gently, he moved in an atmosphere of imperishable calm, impresihable light, inviolable peace.”

— Hermann Hesse

God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.

— Hermann Hesse

But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes.

— Hermann Hesse

“... it would be better for our country and the world in general, if at least the few people who were capable…

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That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and…

— Hermann Hesse

Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his…

— Hermann Hesse

“Humanity came first for him, not a political party or movement, and he believed peace could be achieved only if people were…

— Hermann Hesse

“If a transaction in progress appeared threatened with failure, if a shipment of goods seemed to have gone astray, or if a…

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“Siddhartha began to understand that it was not happiness and peace that had come to him with his son but, rather, sorrow…

— Hermann Hesse

The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by…

— Hermann Hesse

“It was wonderful to be living in a house in a reign of peace, order, tranquility, duty and good conscience, forgiveness and…

— Hermann Hesse

“When the world is at peace, when all things are tranquil and all men obey their superiors in all their courses, then…

— Hermann Hesse

“And occasionally I became very sad over that happiness, because I was well aware it couldn’t last. I wasn’t meant to exist…

— Hermann Hesse

With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along…

— Hermann Hesse

“To a certain degree, the meaning of the war had finally been given its clearest expression by this random bombing. The world…

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“O music! A melody occurs to you; you sing it silently, inwardly only; you steep your being in it; it takes possession…

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“Of all the conceptions of pure bliss that people and poets have dreamed of, listening to the harmony of the spheres always…

— Hermann Hesse

“The world had been divided into … parts that sought to annihilate each other because they both desired the same thing, namely…

— Hermann Hesse

“You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to…

— Hermann Hesse

“It is easier to bear the worries of wandering than to find peace in your hometown, where only the sage can live…

— Hermann Hesse

“You will have to multiply many times your two-fold being and complicate your complexities still further. Instead of narrowing your world and…

— Hermann Hesse

“Once, he said to her: "You are like me, you are different from most people. You are Kamala, nothing else, and inside…

— Hermann Hesse