Hermann Hesse Inspirational Quotes

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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.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Faith

• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.106, Om Books International

• So she thoroughly taught him that one cannot take pleasure without giving pleasure, and that every gesture, every caress, every touch, every glance, every last bit of the body has its secret, which brings happiness to the person who knows how to wake it. She taught him that after a celebration of love the lovers should not part without admiring each other, without being conquered or having conquered, so that neither is bleak or glutted or has the bad feeling of being used or misused.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Sex, Pleasure Love

• 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

  Inspirational, Stupid, Writing

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.109, Om Books International

• 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

  Inspirational, Unique, Men

  Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). “Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse”

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

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Courage, Character

  "Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth". Book by Hermann Hesse , p. 123, 1919.

• 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

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

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Dream, Differences

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

• 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.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Song

• Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

• Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Children, Writing

  Hermann Hesse, Sherab Chödzin (2002). “Siddhartha: A New Translation”, p.59, Shambhala Publications

• Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Wise, Teacher

• Knowledge can communicated but not wisdom.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.106, Om Books International

• I have always thirsted for knowledge, I have always been full of questions.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Siddhartha

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.18, Om Books International

• Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Mean

  Hermann Hesse (1998). “Siddhartha”

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