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Great Quotes by Hermann Hesse
- The many-voiced song of the river echoed softly. Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. The river's voice was…
- When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that…
- For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And…
- The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as…
- It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love…
- I have always been a great dreamer. In dreams I have always been more active than in my real life, and these shadows sapped me…
- A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be…
- We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our…
- 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…
- I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love
- 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…
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