I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Belief Quotes, Fortune Quotes

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the...

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the...

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can...

If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can...

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you...

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you...

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it....

Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it....

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be...

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live...

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live...

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special...

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself....

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself....

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

There's no hate lost between us

There's no hate lost between us

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I...

I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I...