Quote by Hermann Hesse

“Siddhartha thought about his situation. Thinking was hard on him, he did not really feel like it, but he forced himself.”

— Hermann Hesse

“Having been pondering while slowly walking along, he now stopped as these thoughts caught hold of him, and right away another thought sprang forth…

— Hermann Hesse

“Slower, he walked along in his thoughts and asked himself: "But what is this, what you have sought to learn from teachings and from…

— Hermann Hesse

“Thinking, he walked ever more slowly and asked himself, What is it now that you were hoping to learn from doctrines and teachers, and…

— Hermann Hesse

“For years he had been without a home and not felt it. Now he felt it. Up until now, even in the depths of…

— Hermann Hesse

“Siddhartha began to understand that it was not happiness and peace that had come to him with his son but, rather, sorrow and worry.…

— Hermann Hesse

“I will learn from myself, be my own pupil; I will learn from myself the secret of Siddhartha.”

— Hermann Hesse

“but what is it you wanted to learn from the teachings and teachers, and those who taught you so much, what could they not…

— Hermann Hesse

“Within Siddhartha there slowly grew and ripened the knowledge of what wisdom really was and the goal of his long seeking. It was nothing…

— Hermann Hesse

“Out of this moment, where the world melted away all around him, where he appeared as the sole star in the sky, out of…

— Hermann Hesse

“Siddhartha was thus loved by everyone. He was a source of joy for everybody, he was a delight for them all. But he, Siddhartha,…

— Hermann Hesse

“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to…

— Mary Forsberg Weiland