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Herman Hesse Quotes

Herman Hesse quotes

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

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There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness,..."
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life. Herman Hesse
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "Life is always frightful. We cannot help it and we are..."
Life is always frightful. We cannot help it and we are responsible all the same. One's born and at once one is guilty. Herman Hesse
They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "I don't know whether my life has been useless and merely a..."
I don't know whether my life has been useless and merely a misunderstanding, or whether it has a meaning. Herman Hesse
I might be a beast astray, with no sense of its environment, yet there was some meaning in my foolish life, something in me gave an answer and was the receiver of those distant calls from worlds far above. Herman Hesse
Each man's life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path. No man has ever been entirely and completely himself. Herman Hesse
What for me is bliss and life and ecstasy and exaltation, the world in general seeks at most in imagination; in life it finds it absurd. Herman Hesse
Herman Hesse quote: "Suffering was life, full of suffering was the world."
Suffering was life, full of suffering was the world. Herman Hesse
His life oscillates, as everyone's does, not merely between two poles, such as the body and the spirit, the saint and the sinner, but between thousands and thousands. Herman Hesse
When someone is seeking,” said Siddartha, “It happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many... Herman Hesse
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose. Herman Hesse
The old man slowly raised himself from the piano stool, fixed those cheerful blue eyes piercingly and at the same time with unimaginable friendliness upon him, and said: "Making music together is the best way for two people to become friends. There is none easier. That is a fine thing. I hope you and I shall remain friends. Perhaps you too will learn how to make fugues, Joseph. Herman Hesse
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. Herman Hesse

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