1,099 Quotes by Hermann Hesse

In all beginnings dwells a magic force / For guarding us and helping us to live / Serenely let us move to distant places / And let no sentiments of home detain us.

As insanity in a higher sense, is the beginning of all wisdom, so is schizophrenia the beginning of all art, all fantasy.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go.

Contraries (are) poles of a unity.

Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.

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: each the other's opposite and complement.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.

"If I know what love is, it is because of you."

All interpretation, all psychology, all attempts to make things comprehensible, require the medium of theories, mythologies, and lies.