All Hermann Hesse Quotes
- madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom All
- our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are. Friendship
- I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself. Distasteful
- Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself Any
- So you can't dance? Not at all? Not even one step? How can you say that you've taken any trouble to live when you won't… All
- Without a mother, one cannot love. Without a mother, one cannot die. Cannot Die
- The human attitude of which classical music is the expression is always the same; it is always based on the same kind of insight into… Affirmation
- God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life. Awaken
- The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth. Faces
- Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness and its own strength, its beauties and cruelties; it accepts… Accepting
- Passion is always a mystery and unaccountable, and unfortunately there is no doubt that life does not spare its purest children; often it is just… Breakup
- It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. Bastard
- You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, single power, a single salvation... and that is called loving. Well,… Aversion
- At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish,… All
- Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own way to certainty. Then it ceases merely to be attracted… Attract
- Whenever books are burned, sooner or later men also are burned. Books
- My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last, and words are never dead. Dead
- Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest. Hermann Hesse Advice
- Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside. Considered
- Each of us has to find out for himself what is permitted and what is forbidden, forbidden for him. Each
- The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if weanswer it in the affirmative, ifwe accept it as one of… Accept
- In striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose. Goal