All Hermann Hesse Quotes
- There was once a man, Harry, called the steppenwolf. He went on two legs, wore clothes and was a human being, but nevertheless he was… All
- I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become… Anew
- Om is the bow, the arrow is soul, Arrow
- For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible… Birth
- I realize that some people will not believe that a child of little more than ten years is capable of having such feelings. My story… Absence
- An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter… Certainty
- At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that… All
- Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on… Attempt
- I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in… All
- His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever no straight unbroken… Belongs
- What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less… Brief
- The river is everywhere. Everywhere
- All the books of the world full of thoughts and poems are nothing in comparison to a minute of sobbing, when feeling surges in waves,… All
- I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars… All
- The realization that my problem was one that concerned all men, a problem of living and thinking, suddenly swept over me and I was overwhelmed… All
- Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them. Anyone
- One cannot apologize for something fundamental, and a child feels and knows this as well and as deeply as any sage. Any
- Those who direct the maximum force of their desires towards the center, toward the true being, toward perfection, seem quieter than the passionate souls because… Argument
- It was all a lie, it all stank, stank of lies, it all gave the illusion of meaning and happiness and beauty, and all of… Admit
- It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. Alone
- So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last… Admiring
- Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a… Becomes
- With a secret smile, not unlike that of a healthy child,he walked along, peacefully, quietly. He wore his gown and walked along exactly like the… Along
- It taught him how to listen -- how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without… Desire
- Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself. Alas