Hermann Hesse Quotes

Hermann Hesse — German Novelist born on July 02, 1877, died on August 09, 1962

Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature... (wikipedia)

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

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.

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.

Hermann Hesse Quotes

Login with