Hermann Hesse quotes
We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. 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: each the other's opposite and complement.
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.
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
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.
Love must not entreat, or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.
It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.
Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges, obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
One never reaches home... But where paths that have an affinity for each other intersect, the whole world looks like home, for a time.