Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. – Hermann Hesse
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. – Hermann Hesse
What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity. – Hermann Hesse
Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself. – Hermann Hesse