Hermann Hesse
Born: 07-01-1877
Hermann Hesse was a German-Swiss novelist and poet, renowned for exploring themes of self-discovery and spirituality. Born in 1877, Hesse's works like "Siddhartha" and "Steppenwolf" delve into the complexities of the human psyche. His profound narratives earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hesse's unique blend of Eastern and Western philosophies continues to captivate readers worldwide, making him a pivotal figure in 20th-century literature.
Book summaries for books written by Hermann Hesse
Quotes
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Every step forward is also a step on the slippery slope toward the dustbin.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The Glass Bead Game is thus a mode of playing with the total contents and values of our culture; it plays with them as, say, in the great age of the arts a painter might have played with the colours on his palette.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.