Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Hermann Hesse Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Switzerland
  • Born: Jul 2, 1877
  • Died: Aug 9, 1962

Hermann 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.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning. faith & history

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. relationships

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. happiness & smile

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest. courage

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time. home & time

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

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. being alone

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. history

The truth is lived, not taught. truth

Happiness is a how not a what. A talent, not an object. happiness

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