All Hermann Hesse Quotes
- All this had always been and he had never seen it; he was never present. Now he was present and belonged to it. Through his… All
- The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird… Abraxas
- Your soul is the whole world. Inspirational
- . . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force. Force
- I am a star in the firmament that observe the world, despises the world and consumed in its heat. I am the sea by night… Accumulates
- One of the disadwantages of school and learning, he thought dreamily, was that the mind seemed to have the tendency too see and represent all… All
- All the women of this fevered night, all that I had danced with, all whom I had kindled or who have kindled me, all whom… All
- Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life. Action
- I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire… Awake
- A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth. Been
- Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach… Ancient
- I believe that I am not responsible for the meaningfulness or meaninglessness of life, but that I am responsible for what I do with the… Believe
- What is meditation?... It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self, it is a short… Agony
- Love can be begged, bought, or received as a gift, one can find it in the street, but one cannot steal it. Begged
- He saw mankind going through life in a childlike manner... which he loved but also despised.... He saw them toiling, saw them suffering, and becoming… Becoming
- Things are going downhill with you!' he said to himself, and laughed about it, and as he was saying it, he happened to glance at… All
- Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world. Abraxas
- He saw merchants trading, princes hunting, mourners wailing for their dead, whores offering themselves, physicians trying to help the sick, priests determining the most suitable… All
- The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself. Find
- Truly, nothing in the world has so occupied my thoughts as this I, this riddle, the fact I am alive, that I am separated and… Alive
- Siddhartha stopped fighting his fate this very hour, and he stopped suffering. Fate
- He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self,… Always Led
- I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shramanas satisfy themselves with such skills. Desire
- What a wonderful sleep it had been! Never had sleep so refreshed him, so renewed him, so rejuvenated him! Perhaps he had really died, perhaps… Another Form
- I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of… Activities