- Change theme
Quotes by Hermann Hesse
- The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.
- The truth is lived, not taught.
- There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.
- To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.
- To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.
1