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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] (listen); 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual’s search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
― wikipedia/en/Hermann%20Hesse
Quotes
- “There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.” ― Hermann Hesse
- We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
- If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn’t part of ourselves doesn’t disturb us. — Hermann Hesse