All Hermann Hesse Quotes
- The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace… Along
- Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better. Better
- But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking. All
- The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. Beautiful
- Until 1914 I loved to travel; I often went to Italy and once spent a few months in India. Since then I have almost entirely… Abandoned
- Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go. Anxiety
- It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for… Awareness
- I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and… Always Believed
- If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. Despise
- Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. Happiness
- As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. Alone
- One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time. Friendly
- Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. Always Become
- People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. Always Seem
- Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate… Cannot Communicate
- There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality… Allow
- When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. Best
- Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's… Always Significant
- What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking… Cannot Find
- Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. Book
- Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists,… Awareness
- Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. Becomes
- You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. Afraid
- The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire. Bourgeois
- Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke. Eternity