More quotes by Hermann Hesse

"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."
"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity."
"I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins."
"A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth."
"Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest."