1877 - 1962
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, best known for his works exploring spiritual themes, self-discovery, and the search for authenticity in life. His most famous novels include "Steppenwolf," "Siddhartha," and "The Glass Bead Game," earning him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.
Without the word, without writing, and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
The greatest threat to our world and its peace comes from those who want war, who prepare for it, and who, by holding out vague promises of future peace or by instilling fear of foreign aggression, try to make us accomplices to their plans.
Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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.