Hermann Hesse Quotes

German - Novelist July 2, 1877 - August 9, 1962

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

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

Strength, Think, Strong, Letting Go, Go

Solitude is independence. - Hermann Hesse

Solitude is independence. Hermann Hesse

Alone, Solitude, Independence

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. Hermann Hesse

Inspirational, Good, Value, Believe, Bad

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

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

Communication, Everything, Loud, Little

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. Hermann Hesse

Relationship, Purpose, Honor, Learn, See

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

Hate, Yourself, You, Person, Him, Us

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

History, Words, Writing, Humanity, Books

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation suffers, in each one a Savior is crucified. Hermann Hesse

Creation, Spirit, Individual, Savior

The truth is lived, not taught. Hermann Hesse

Truth, Truth Is, Lived, Taught

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again. Hermann Hesse

Man, World, Unique, Special, Way, Always

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

Character, Courage, People, Rest, Always

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. Hermann Hesse

Fear, Yourself, People, You, Harmony, Up

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin. Hermann Hesse

Intelligence, Mind, World, New, Line

The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever will be born must destroy a world. Hermann Hesse

Bird, World, Born, Egg, Way, Will

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. - Hermann Hesse

As a body everyone is single, as a soul never. Hermann Hesse

Alone, Soul, Body, Never, Everyone

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object. Hermann Hesse

Happiness, Talent, How, Object

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

Thoughts, Words, Always, Become, Foolish

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. Hermann Hesse

Life, Live, People, World, Reality, Why

It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. Hermann Hesse

Law, Possible, Never, Single, Still

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

Wisdom, Knowledge, Live, Find, Teach

What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale. Hermann Hesse

Nature, Live, Men, Mystery, Unique, Down

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

Home, Time, World, Paths, Looks, Never

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

History, Faith, Chaos, Meaning, Study

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

Life, Love, Great, Death, Sweet, Accept

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. Hermann Hesse

Man, Intelligent, Nothing, Eat, Fasting

Only the ideas that we really live have any value. Hermann Hesse

Live, Ideas, Value, Only, Really, Any

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