Hermann Hesse Quotes

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

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Positive, Being Yourself, Time

Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.56, Om Books International

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I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.

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Dream, Sweet, Stars

Hermann Hesse (2012). “Demian: A Dual-Language Book”, p.18, Courier Corporation

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The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

Hermann Hesse

Inspirational, Men, Way

Hermann Hesse (2009). “Siddhartha”, p.8, Modern Library

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

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Love, Life, Strength

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To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.

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Patience, Revenge, People

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When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

Hermann Hesse

Love, Relationship, Communication

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Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.

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Passion, Home, Creative

Hermann Hesse (2013). “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.151, Macmillan

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Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

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Maturity, Doe, Live For Others

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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.

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Inspirational, Uplifting, Faith

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We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness,all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing.

Hermann Hesse

War, Eye, Disrespect

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Every experience has its element of magic.

Hermann Hesse

Magic, Elements

Hermann Hesse (2002). “The Glass Bead Game: (Magister Ludi) A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

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There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.

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Life, Yoga, Reality

"Nobel Prize Library: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse".

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Happiness is love, nothing else. A man who is capable of love is happy.

Hermann Hesse

Love Is, Men, Capable

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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.

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Wise, Loneliness, Destiny

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You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible

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Trying, Impossible, Achieve

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Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.

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Hurt, Love You, Suffering

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I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

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Inspirational, Dream, Differences

"Demian". Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 183, 1919.

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madness, in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom

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Madness, Steppenwolf, Higher

Hermann Hesse (2013). “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.187, Macmillan

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Solitude is independence.

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Being Alone, Creativity, Solitude

Hermann Hesse (2013). “Steppenwolf: A Novel”, p.37, Macmillan

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A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls

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Beautiful, Wall, Book

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This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best.

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Inspirational, Encouraging, Song

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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

Spiritual, Hate, Hatred

Demian ch. 6 (1919)

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A home isn't just a roof over our heads. A home is a place where we feel loved and where we love others. It's a place we belong. Love is what makes a home, not the contents inside the house or the number on the door. It's the people waiting for us across the threshold, the people who will take us in their arms after a ad day and kiss us good night and good morning everyday for the rest of our lives.

Hermann Hesse

Good Night, Morning, Home

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I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.

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Dream, Sweet, Stars

"Demian". Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 9, 1919.

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You know quite well, deep within you, that there is only a single magic, a single power, a single salvation...and that is called loving. Well, then, love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is your aversion that hurts, nothing else.

Hermann Hesse

Love, Encouragement, Hurt

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Born: July 2, 1877
Died: August 9, 1962
Occupation: Poet
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