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Herman Hesse Quotes

Herman Hesse quotes

Deutsch Author, Writer July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962

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I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "As a body everyone is single, as a soul never."
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. Herman Hesse
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us. Herman Hesse
The diabolical thing about melancholy is not that it makes you ill but that it makes you conceited and shortsighted; yes almost arrogant. You lapse into bad taste, thinking of yourself as Heine's Atlas, whose shoulders support all the world's puzzles and agonies, as if thousands, lost in the same maze, did not endure the same agonies. Herman Hesse
Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery. Herman Hesse
Sentimentality is a basking in feelings that in reality you don't take seriously enough to make the slightest sacrifice to or ever translate into action. Herman Hesse
My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground. Herman Hesse
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 what he is. Herman Hesse
You will become tired, Siddhartha."I will become tired."You will fall asleep, Siddhartha."I will not fall asleep."You will die, Siddhartha."I will die. Herman Hesse
The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. Herman Hesse
Well, I had often pondered all this, not without an intense longing sometimes to turn to and do something real for once, to be seriously and responsibly active instead of occupying myself forever with nothing but esthetics and intellectual and artistic pursuits. It always ended, however, in resignation, in surrender to destiny. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception,..."
But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless..."
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. Herman Hesse
The world had been divided into two parts that sought to annihilate each other because they both desired the same thing, namely the liberation of the oppressed, the elimination of violence, and the establishment of permanent peace. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and..."
It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. Herman Hesse

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