“... 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
“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
Every politician in the world is all for revolution, reason, and disarmament-but only in enemy countries, not in his own. — 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 mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“We are human beings. We make gods and do battle with them and they bless us.” — 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
“No matter how inflexibly the world was clamoring for war and heroism, honor and other outmoded ideals, no matter how remote and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“[A]ll the countries had enough to pay for these enormous protective walls, and nobody thought about war. They only armed themselves 'just… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Your life will not be flat and dull even though you know that your war will never be victorious. It is far… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“When you listen to radio you are a witness of the everlasting war between idea and appearance, between time and eternity, between… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The war against death, dear Harry, is always a beautiful, noble, and wonderful, and glorious thing, and so, it follows, is the… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I have no idea whether parents can be of help, and I do not blame mine. It was my own affair to… — 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
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