Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation...

In each individual the spirit is made flesh, in each one the whole of creation...

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.

Paradise is seldom recognized as such until it is considered from the outside.

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own character, its own weakness...

Whenever books are burned, sooner or later men also are burned.

Whenever books are burned, sooner or later men also are burned.

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the...

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

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

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...

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...

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....

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other,...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

Love must not entreat, nor demand. Love must have the power to find its own...

The truth is lived, not taught.

The truth is lived, not taught.

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....

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.

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...

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.