Famous Hermann Hesse Quotes

  • An enlightened man had but one duty – to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led. – Hermann Hesse

    An enlightened man had but one duty – to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led.– Hermann Hesse

  • We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. – Hermann Hesse

    We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.– Hermann Hesse

  • Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I have attained it. – Hermann Hesse

    Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I have attained it.– Hermann Hesse

  • Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself. – Hermann Hesse

    Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.– Hermann Hesse

  • It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard. – Hermann Hesse

    It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a bastard.– Hermann Hesse

  • Once a man takes honesty as his ideal, he cannot confine himself to showing to pleasant and reasonable side of his nature. – Hermann Hesse

    Once a man takes honesty as his ideal, he cannot confine himself to showing to pleasant and reasonable side of his nature.– Hermann Hesse

  • Once a man takes honesty as his ideal, he cannot confine himself to showing the pleasant and reasonable side of his nature. – Hermann Hesse

    Once a man takes honesty as his ideal, he cannot confine himself to showing the pleasant and reasonable side of his nature.– Hermann Hesse

  • Were not the gods forms created like me and you, mortal, transient? – Hermann Hesse

    Were not the gods forms created like me and you, mortal, transient?– Hermann Hesse

  • Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child. – Hermann Hesse

    Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.– Hermann Hesse

  • Possibly the apparent relapse they had suffered was not a fall and a cause for suffering, but a leap forward and a positive act. – Hermann Hesse

    Possibly the apparent relapse they had suffered was not a fall and a cause for suffering, but a leap forward and a positive act.– Hermann Hesse