More quotes by Hermann Hesse

"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."
"Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin."
"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity."
"Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest."
"I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins."