Good that you ask – you should always ask, always have doubts.
Hermann Hesse
Ask, Doubts, Always, Intellectual Curiosity, Critical Thinking, Philosophical Attitude
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“People like you and me are quite lonely really but we still have each other, we have the secret satisfaction of being different, of rebelling, of desiring the unusual.” Hermann Hesse
Loneliness, Connection, Rebellion, Individuality, Satisfaction, Uniqueness
Hermann Hesse Loneliness, Connection, Rebellion, Individuality, Satisfaction, Uniqueness“So you find yourself surrounded by death and horror in the world, and you escape it into lust. But lust has no duration; it leaves you again in the desert.” Hermann Hesse
Lust, Death, Desert, Existential Escape, Temporary Pleasure, Emotional Desolation
Hermann Hesse Lust, Death, Desert, Existential Escape, Temporary Pleasure, Emotional Desolation“I believe that the struggle against death, the unconditional and self-willed determination to live, is the mode of power behind the lives and activities of all outstanding men.” Hermann Hesse
Death, Life, Power, Existential Drive, Human Motivation, Personal Excellence
Hermann Hesse Death, Life, Power, Existential Drive, Human Motivation, Personal Excellence“I am superior to you only in one point: I'm awake, whereas you are only half awake, or completely asleep sometimes. I call a man awake who knows in his conscious reason his innermost unreasonable force, drives, and weaknesses and knows how to deal with them.” Hermann Hesse
Awake, Superior, Conscious, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Psychological Insight
Hermann Hesse Awake, Superior, Conscious, Self-awareness, Personal Growth, Psychological Insight“Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.” Hermann Hesse
Seriously, Laugh, Learn, Life Wisdom, Emotional Balance, Personal Perspective
Hermann Hesse Seriously, Laugh, Learn, Life Wisdom, Emotional Balance, Personal Perspective“Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.” Hermann Hesse
Responsibility, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Autonomy, Empowerment, Societal Dynamics
Hermann Hesse Responsibility, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Autonomy, Empowerment, Societal Dynamics“My resolve to die was not the whim of an hour. It was the ripe, sound fruit that had slowly grown to full size, lightly rocked by the winds of fate whose next breath would bring it to the ground.” Hermann Hesse
Death, Fate, Resolution, Surrender, Existential Reflection, Inner Strength
Hermann Hesse Death, Fate, Resolution, Surrender, Existential Reflection, Inner Strength“What is meditation? What is leaving one’s body? What is fasting? What is holding one’s breath? It is fleeing from the Self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a Self; it is a short numbing of the senses against the pain and the pointlessness of life.” Hermann Hesse
Meditation, Escape, Self, Anguish, Awareness, Inner Peace
Hermann Hesse Meditation, Escape, Self, Anguish, Awareness, Inner Peace“I am in truth the Steppenwolf that I often call myself; that beast astray that finds neither home nor joy nor nourishment in a world that is strange and incomprehensible to him.” Hermann Hesse
Steppenwolf, Beast, World, Personal Identity, Social Alienation, Existential Struggle
Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf, Beast, World, Personal Identity, Social Alienation, Existential Struggle“like listening to music, but only the kind you play, absolute music, the kind that makes you feel that someone is rattling at the doors if heaven and hell. I like music very much, I think, because it's so unconcerned with morality.” Hermann Hesse
Music, Heaven, Hell, Transcendent Experience, Artistic Appreciation, Moral Freedom
Hermann Hesse Music, Heaven, Hell, Transcendent Experience, Artistic Appreciation, Moral Freedom“The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.” Hermann Hesse
Profession, Self Discovery, Journey, Authenticity, Purpose, Inner Truth
Hermann Hesse Profession, Self Discovery, Journey, Authenticity, Purpose, Inner Truth“The world was beautiful, the world was particolored, strange and quizzical. Meaning and essence were not somewhere behind things, they were inside things, in everything.” Hermann Hesse
Beauty, Essence, Perception, Wonder, Inner Truth, Universal Meaning
Hermann Hesse Beauty, Essence, Perception, Wonder, Inner Truth, Universal Meaning“Be aware of too much wisdom!” Hermann Hesse
Wisdom, Caution, Knowledge, Introspection, Balance, Awareness
Hermann Hesse Wisdom, Caution, Knowledge, Introspection, Balance, Awareness“You broke through the humor of my little theater and tried to make a mess of it, stabbing with knives and spattering our pretty picture-world with the mud of reality.” Hermann Hesse
Theater, Reality, Mud, Artistic Disruption, Existential Confrontation, Psychological Defense
Hermann Hesse Theater, Reality, Mud, Artistic Disruption, Existential Confrontation, Psychological Defense“Among mathematicians, even in those days, the reputation of being a good Glass Bead Game player meant a great deal; it was equivalent to being a very good mathematician.” Hermann Hesse
Mathematicians, Glass Bead Game, Reputation, Intellectual Prestige, Cultural Value, Interdisciplinary Skill
Hermann Hesse Mathematicians, Glass Bead Game, Reputation, Intellectual Prestige, Cultural Value, Interdisciplinary Skill“Narziss was dark and thin of face, and Goldmund open and radiant as a flower. Narziss was a thinker and anatomiser, Goldmund a dreamer and a child. Yet things common to both could bridge these differences. Both were knightly and delicate; both set apart by visible signs from their fellows, since both had received the particular admonishment of fate.” Hermann Hesse
Narziss, Goldmund, Differences, Character Contrast, Complementary Natures, Fateful Connection
Hermann Hesse Narziss, Goldmund, Differences, Character Contrast, Complementary Natures, Fateful Connection“The water changed to vapour and rose, became rain and came down again, became spring, brook and river, changed a new, flowed anew.” Hermann Hesse
Water, Vapour, River, Natural Cycles, Eternal Change, Spiritual Metaphor
Hermann Hesse Water, Vapour, River, Natural Cycles, Eternal Change, Spiritual Metaphor“The cup was emptied and would never be filled again.” Hermann Hesse
Loss, Emptiness, Finality, Change, Acceptance, Reflection
Hermann Hesse Loss, Emptiness, Finality, Change, Acceptance, Reflection