~ Hermann Hesse Quotes ~

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Hermann Hesse Quotes


A German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. 
Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi), each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.

Here are some famous quotes by Hermann Hesse. 

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

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There is no reality except the one contained within us.

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If you hate a person you hate something in him that is part of yourself.

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

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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.

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The middle class prefers comfort to pleasure convenience to liberty and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

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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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I believe that the struggle against death the unconditional and self-willed determination to live is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men.

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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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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.