All Hermann Hesse Quotes
- He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge, such… Appear
- In fear I hurried this way and that. I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, the one as hateful as the… Blood
- Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was… Attained
- Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness… Appearance
- Dreams and restless thoughts came flowing to him from the river, from the twinkling stars at night, from the sun's melting rays. Dreams and a… Came
- ...and the vessel was not full, his intellect was not satisfied, his soul was not at peace, his heart was not still. Full
- Siddhartha has one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow-to let the Self die. No longer to be… Become Empty
- There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere,… Atman
- I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions. Been
- You show the world as a complete, unbroken chain, an eternal chain, linked together by cause and effect. Cause
- Whether it is good or evil, whether life in itself is pain or pleasure, whether it is uncertain-that it may perhaps be this is not… All
- I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood. Blood
- They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice… Becoming
- You're quite right there," he said. "I have practiced abstinence myself for years, and had my time of fasting, too, but now I find myself… Abstinence
- For the air of lonely men surrounded him now, a still atmosphere in which the world around him slipped away, leaving him incapable of relationship,… Air
- Man is not by any means of fixed and enduring form (this, in spite of suspicions to the contrary on the part of their wise… Ancients
- You should not take old people who are already dead seriously. It does them injustice. We immortals do not like things to be taken seriously.… Accident
- No, I'm not religious, I'm sorry to say. But I was once and shall be again. There is no time now to be religious." "No… Actual
- You learned people and artists have, no doubt, all sorts of superior things in your heads; but you're human beings like the rest of us,… All
- There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness. Cannot Come
- That is why we were drawn to one another and why we are brother and sister. I am going to teach you to dance and… Both
- Every natural form is latent within us, originates in the soul whose essence is eternity, whose essence we cannot know but which most often intimates… Cannot Know
- I sped through heaven and saw god at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defenses and was afraid of nothing in the… Accepted
- I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. Behind
- This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to… All