Distasteful Quote by Hermann Hesse

Nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to follow the path that leads to himself

— Hermann Hesse

Most men and women lead lives at the worst so painful, at the best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape,…

— Aldous Huxley

I feel that man can transcend himself to a point where he can accomplish greater things than he thinks. I see people depressed and…

— Jack Kirby

More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself.…

— Albert Camus

Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.

— Henry Miller

“It is better to be pleased by one’s own distastefulness than to please another man’s tastes,”

— Josiah Bancroft

Any man who does not think that what he has is more than ample, is an unhappy man, even if he is the master…

— Epicurus

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

I cannot describe to you the despairing sensation of trying to do something for a man who seems incapable or unwilling to do anything…

— Lord Byron

“Man’s world is manifold, and his attitudes are manifold. What is manifold is often frightening because it is not neat and simple. Men prefer…

— Walter Kaufmann

The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that…

— F. H. Bradley

No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave…

— John Mason Brown