Hermann Hesse

1. “Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.”
   -Hermann Hesse
2. “Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
   -Hermann Hesse
3. “What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.”
   -Hermann Hesse
4. “If I know what love is, it is because of you.”
   -Hermann Hesse
5. “Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.”
   -Hermann Hesse
6. “Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can—that is their secret.”
   -Hermann Hesse
7. “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
8. “You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.”
   -Hermann Hesse
9. “Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.”
   -Hermann Hesse
10. “I can think. I can wait. I can fast.”
    -Hermann Hesse
11. “Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”
    -Hermann Hesse
12. “In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke.”
    -Hermann Hesse