Hermann Hesse Quotes About Responsibility

Quotes about: Responsibility

• All suicides have the responsibility of fighting against the temptation of suicide. Every one of them knows very well in some corner of his soul that suicide, though a way out, is rather a mean and shabby one, and that it is nobler and finer to be conquered by life than to fall by one's own hand.

  Hermann Hesse

  Suicide, Fall, Mean

  Hermann Hesse (1983). “Steppenwolf”, Bantam

• Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

  Hermann Hesse

  Responsibility, Thinking, Leader

• The realization that my problem was one that concerned all men, a problem of living and thinking, suddenly swept over me and I was overwhelmed by fear and respect as I suddenly saw and felt how deeply my own personal life and opinions were immersed in the eternal stream of great ideas. Though it offered some confirmation and gratification, the realization was not really a joyful one. It was hard and had a harsh taste because it implied responsibility and no longer being allowed to be a child; it meant standing on one’s own feet.

  Hermann Hesse

  Children, Responsibility, Men

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