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Famous Hermann Hesse Quotes
“In the beginning was the myth.”
“It is a pity that you students aren't fully aware of the luxury and abundance in which you live.”
“That life is difficult, I have often bitterly realized.”
“We create gods and struggle with them, and they bless us.”
“What you call passion is not spiritual force, but friction between the soul and the outside world.”
“You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.”
“Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.”
“Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.”
“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”
“As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.”
“People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.”
“When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.”
“Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.”
“Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.”
“Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.”
“Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all of them.”