“...your tranquil yes to the changing over into the formless void of the unlimited.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
But peace, too, is a living thing and like all life it must wax and wane, accommodate, withstand trials, and undergo changes. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Seeking nothing, emulating nothing, breathing gently, he moved in an atmosphere of imperishable calm, impresihable light, inviolable peace.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged — to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Humanity came first for him, not a political party or movement, and he believed peace could be achieved only if people were… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“It is easier to bear the worries of wandering than to find peace in your hometown, where only the sage can live… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to… — 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… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The world had been divided into … parts that sought to annihilate each other because they both desired the same thing, namely… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Siddhartha began to understand that it was not happiness and peace that had come to him with his son but, rather, sorrow… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“To a certain degree, the meaning of the war had finally been given its clearest expression by this random bombing. The world… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 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… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“O music! A melody occurs to you; you sing it silently, inwardly only; you steep your being in it; it takes possession… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Of all the conceptions of pure bliss that people and poets have dreamed of, listening to the harmony of the spheres always… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“It was wonderful to be living in a house in a reign of peace, order, tranquility, duty and good conscience, forgiveness and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Once, he said to her: "You are like me, you are different from most people. You are Kamala, nothing else, and inside… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“If a transaction in progress appeared threatened with failure, if a shipment of goods seemed to have gone astray, or if a… — 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
![“Thus Gotama [Buddha] walked toward the town to gather alms, and the two samanas recognized him solely by the perfection of his repose, by the calmness of his figure, in which there was no trace of seeking, desiring, imitating, or striving, only light and peace” quote by Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57a/hermann-hesse-130_alms_thus-gotama-buddha-walked-toward-the-tow_1376963.jpg)
