Browsing Quotes By Hermann Hesse
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“But I will say no more about it. Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:27 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“My dear friend, have you forgotten that instructive story about Siddhartha, the Brahmin’s son, which you once told me here? Who protected Siddhartha the Samana from Samsara, from sin, greed and folly? Could his father’s piety, his teacher’s exhortations, his own knowledge, his own seeking, protect him? Which father, which teacher, could prevent him from living his own life, from soiling himself with life, from loading himself with sin, from swallowing the bitter drink himself, from finding his own path? Do you think, my dear friend, that anybody is spared this path?”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:26 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew.
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“I am not going anywhere. I am only on the way. I am making a pilgrimage.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:21 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Slowly, like moisture entering the dying tree trunk, slowly filling and rotting it, so did the world and inertia creep into Siddhartha’s soul; it slowly filled his soul, made it heavy, made it tired, sent it to sleep.
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Nothing is caused by demons; there are no demons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait, and fast.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“You are clever, O Samana,” said the Illustrious One, “you know how to speak cleverly, my friend. Be on your guard against too much cleverness.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
“Let me warn you, you who are thirsty for knowledge, against the thicket of opinions and the conflict of words. Opinions mean nothing. they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.”
Speaker: Hermann HesseSource: SiddharthaPosted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:15 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!