Hermann Hesse1877–1962The quotations of
Hermann Hesse
Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter
1877–1962
25 quotes, most often on Love, Life & Death and Time.
Oh, love isn’t there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.
Peter Camenzind (1904)- Demian (1919), p. 94
- Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
- Steppenwolf (1927)In context
Each man had only one genuine vocation — to find the way to himself.
Demian (1919), p. 193- Demian (1919), p. 182
- Steppenwolf (1927), p. 97In context
- Siddhartha (1922)
- Siddhartha (1922)
- Siddhartha (1922)
- Narcissus and Goldmund (1930)
- Siddhartha (1922)
- Siddhartha (1922)
I have never lost the feeling of contradiction that lies behind all knowledge.
Gertrude (1910)- Journey to the East (1932)
