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Hermann Hesse Quotes

«What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.»
Author: Hermann Hesse (Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: of value
«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.»
«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»
Author: Hermann Hesse (Novelist, Poet) | About: Hate | Keywords: disturb
«Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret»
«I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.»
Author: Hermann Hesse (Novelist, Poet) | About: Belief, Fortune | Keywords: of value, transform
«Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.»
«The truth is lived, not taught.»
«It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.»
«People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.»
Author: Hermann Hesse (Novelist, Poet) | Keywords: sinister
«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.»

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