Quotes of Hermann Hesse - somelinesforyou

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

- Hermann Hesse

“ If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ 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. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ 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. ”

- Hermann Hesse

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

- Hermann 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. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows. ”

- Hermann 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. ”

- Hermann Hesse

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

- Hermann Hesse

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

- Hermann Hesse

“ I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ One never reaches home,’ she said. ‘But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish. All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake. Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ”

- Hermann Hesse

“ If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

- Hermann Hesse
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