1,099 Quotes by Hermann Hesse

Narziss was dark and thin of face, and Goldmund open and radiant as a flower. Narziss was a thinker and anatomiser, Goldmund a dreamer and a child. Yet things common to both could bridge these differences. Both were knightly and delicate; both set apart by visible signs from their fellows, since both had received the particular admonishment of fate.

Nothing is harder yet nothing is more necessary, than to speak of certain things whose existence is neither demonstrable nor probable. The very fact that serious and conscientious men treat them as existing things brings them a step closer to existence and to the possibility of being born.Spoken by Albertus Secundus in "Das Glasperlenspiel

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

مي خواستم به مردم بياموزم كه به نبض طبيعت گوش فرا بدهند، در كليت و پهنه زندگي فعالانه شركت جويند و، تحت فشار ناشي از زندگي حقيرشان، از ياد نبرند كه ما خداوندان اساطيري نيستيم و ما خودمان را نيافريده ايم، بلكه كودكان زمين هستيم و پاره اي از جهان هستي.

You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible

...ծառուղու վերջում կանգնած էի ես` անվճռական վարանքին տրված,սևեռուն նայում էի սևակնած սաղարթի մեջ ու ագահ ընչաքաղցությամբ ներշնչում հողմահարության ու նեխումի թաց բուրմունքը,որին ինչ-որ բան արձագանքում ու ողջունում էր իմ մեջ:Օ՜,ինչ տհաճ համ ուներ կյանք...

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