How foolish to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
How foolish it is to wear oneself out in vain longing for warmth! Solitude is independence. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at anytime and be yourself.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I have attained it.” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough!… — 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
