To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.

Quote by Hermann Hesse

Topics: Women Quotes

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Only the ideas that we really live have any value.

Love is stronger than violence.

Love is stronger than violence.

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....

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

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,...

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,...

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all...

Meaning and reality were not hidden somewhere behind things, they were in them, in all...

Solitude is independence.

Solitude is independence.

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite...

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....

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.

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

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

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...

My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid...

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.

It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a...

It is possible for one never to transgress a single law and still be a...

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...

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.

A prudent question is one half of wisdom.