More quotes by Hermann Hesse

"Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest."
"Uit deze belevenissen, die niemand ziet, bestaat de innerlijke, wezenlijke lijn van ons lot. Zulk een breuk en scheur groeit weer dicht, hij heelt en wordt vergeten, maar in de diepst verborgen hoek leeft en bloedt hij verder."
"Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret."
"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."
"I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins."