Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) was a Germany-born Swiss author, poet, and painter. He is best known for his novels that explore themes of spirituality and the search for authenticity, and he received a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946.
CLEAR ALL
Hans Giebernath lives among the dull and respectable townsfolk of a sleepy Black Forest village. When he is discovered to be an exceptionally gifted student, the entire community presses him onto a path of serious scholarship.
. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.
In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke.
Your soul is the whole world.
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
Whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other’s opposite and complement.
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. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.