Hermann Hesse

You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#inspirational

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#path

In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#discordianism #eternity #humor #joke #humor

Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#comfort

It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#focus #humility #judgement #judgemental #self

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#bad #bad fortune #believe #believed #come

I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#self-destruction #self-mutilation #truth #wisdom #destruction

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

— Hermann Hesse

#dealing #insane #method #pretend #sane

Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#existentialism #maturity #youth #youth

Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#death