People Knew Quote by Hermann Hesse Download Open image ““It was one of the ferryman’s greatest virtues that, like few people, he knew how to listen.”” — Hermann Hesse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ferryman Ferryman Greatest Greatest Virtues Knew Listen People Knew
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“His head was on one side, listening to me, and that was such sweeness to me, that he listened intently. No one, it seemed,… — Sue Woolfe Copy Share Image
“He radiated a calm focus--like he knew who he was and where he was going. He was a steady mooring in a sea of… — Cinda Williams Chima Copy Share Image
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“If a heart could actually swell with warmth, he knew his just had. He was the anchor and she was the beautiful vessel swinging… — Natasza Waters Copy Share Image
“We listened to the man because he had something to tell us, and us alone. Not how to play baseball, though he did that… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
“Every man is an island, and every heart seeks the ferry to cross the main...” — Mykyta Isagulov Copy Share Image
“He knows a sweep of gratitude, soft as another voice, and so wide and deep he believes he might drown in it.” — Jean Hegland Copy Share Image
“He was sometimes stern but more often kindly---just according to his lights, but he saw the world in simple shades of black and white,… — John Christopher Copy Share Image
“Give me the ability to understand to be more than just another man to do the things I was sent here to do and… — Javan Copy Share Image
“They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A home isn't just a roof over our heads. A home is a place where we feel loved and where we love others. It's… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Fortunately, like most children, I had learned what is most valuable, most indispensable for life before school years began, taught by apple trees, by… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“The mistaken and unhappy notion that a man is an enduring unity is known to you. It is also known to you that a… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“... it would be better for our country and the world in general, if at least the few people who were capable of thought… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“..it is useless for you to build walls and dormitories and chapels and churches. Death looks through the window and laughs..” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“When the world is at peace, when all things are tranquil and all men obey their superiors in all their courses, then music can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“People always knew more than you gave them credit for. Perhaps, in the end, no one had any secrets at all.” — Paul Russell Copy Share Image
What was funny if you were there is that we were all immensely sophisticated people who knew exactly what she was going to say… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
I had no idea the amount of people who even knew who I was. Suddenly, they were coming up and saying, "You're my favorite… — Eric Wight Copy Share Image
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No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
“They spoke without much fluency about a minor universe of events that affected neither of them: the vagaries of neighborhood life, people they both… — Daniel Alarcón Copy Share Image
If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it? — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
It's sad when people you know become people you knew. When you can walk right past someone like they were never a big part… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts. — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image