Way Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Each man had only one genuine vocation to find the way to himself

— Hermann Hesse

Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.

— Hermann Hesse

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

— Hermann Hesse

That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.

— Hermann Hesse

The world was beautiful when looked at in this way-without any seeking, so simple, so childlike.

— Hermann Hesse

You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.

— Hermann Hesse

Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends.

— Hermann Hesse

I cannot tell my story without reaching a long way back.

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Each of us is merely one human being, merely an experiment, a way station. But each of us should be on the…

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Once you are able to make your request in such a way that you will be quite certain of its fulfillment, then…

— Hermann Hesse

“The way to innocence, to the uncreated and to God leads on, not back, not back to the wolf or to the…

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The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a…

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An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way…

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“In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chococlate in my mouth,the one as hateful…

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“The day had gone by just as days go by. I had killed it in accordance with my primitive and retiring way…

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Whither will my path yet lead me? This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it…

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That's the way it is when you love. It makes you suffer, and I have suffered much in the years since. But…

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We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering…

— Hermann Hesse

When a writer receives praise or blame, when he arouses sympathy or is ridiculed, when he is loved or rejected, it is…

— Hermann Hesse

The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with…

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His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever…

— Hermann Hesse

You knew all along that your sanctioned world was only half the world, and you tried to suppress the other half the…

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At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams…

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The world was so beautiful when regarded like this, without searching, so simply, in such a childlike way. Moons and stas were…

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Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at…

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We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering.…

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And some day there will be nothing left of everything that has twisted my life and grieved it and filled me so…

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Romantic souvenirs had a way of attaching themselves to one when one wanted to move on, but they were not to be…

— Hermann Hesse

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at…

— Hermann Hesse

How absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One should not speak of animals in that way. They…

— Hermann Hesse