Solitude is independence.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Hermann Hesse Quotes

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,...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

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....

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

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

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we...

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we...

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to...

To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home...

One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home...

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

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

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we...

The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we...

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...

By night an atheist half believes in a God

By night an atheist half believes in a God

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want...

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want...