“Words do not express thoughts very well; everything immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Truly, nothing in the world has occupied my thoughts as much as the Self, this riddle, that I live, that I am… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Both the thoughts and the senses were pretty things, the ultimate meaning was hidden behind both of them... from both the secret… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
To recognize causes is to think, and through thought alone feelings become knowledge and are not lost, but become real and begin… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — 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
“Man is not capable of thought in any high degree, and even the most spiritual and highly cultivated of men habitually sees… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Even more remote from his way of thinking, even more impossible than any other thought, would have been words such as this: “Is it only I alone who have created this experience, or is it objective reality? Does the Master have the same feelings as I, or would mine amuse him? Are my thoughts new, unique, my own, or have… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
For even the most childish intoxication with progress will soon be forced to recognize that writing and books have a function that is eternal. It will become evident that formulations in words and the handling on of these formulations through writing are not only important aids but actually the only means by which humanity can have a history and continuing… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
“He reflected deeply, until this feeling completely overwhelmed him and he reached a point where he recognized causes; for to recognize causes,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“And if ever the suspicion of their manifold being dawns upon men of unusual powers and of unusually delicate perceptions, so that, as all genius must, they break through the illusion of the unity of the personality and perceive that the self is made up of a bundle of selves, they have only to say so and at once the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
“Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It… — 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 a place we belong. Love is what makes a home, not the contents inside the house or the number on the door. It's the people waiting for us across the threshold, the people who will take… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
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 man consists of a multitude of souls, of numerous selves. The separation of the unity of the personality into these numerous pieces passes for madness. Science has invented the name schizomania for it. Science is in… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
“... 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 be perfected. When desires and passions do not turn into wrongful paths, music can be perfected. Perfect music has its cause. It arises from equilibrium. Equilibrium arises from righteousness, and righteousness arises from the meaning of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share
