Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.

One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking a detour, an error.

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.

I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

I hope death will be a great happiness, a happiness as great as that of love, fulfilled love

My goal is this: always to put myself in the place in which I am best able to serve, wherever my gifts and qualities find the best soil to grow, the widest field of action. There is no other goal.

Love must not entreat,' she added, 'or demand. Love must have the strength to become certain within itself. Then it ceases merely to be attracted and begins to attract.

Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.

It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings wi

Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

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

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

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

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

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