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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 475ae0f | I never knew her in life. She exists for me through others, in evidence of the ways her death drove them | murder noir | James Ellroy | |
| 6fbea7b | Sometimes I felt connections begging to be made, sometimes I cursed myself for not having ten percent more gray matter, sometimes the report carbons just made me think of Lee. | James Ellroy | ||
| e31e013 | I walk the line that continually threatens to lose its tautness under me, dropping me into the dark pit where there is no meaning. | Jeanette Winterson | ||
| de99250 | Mit Kummer, und doch auch mit Lachen, gedachte er jener Zeit. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| c88089f | el habia pensado mas que otros hombres, poseia en asuntos del espiritu aquella serena objetividad, aquella segura reflexividad y sabiduria que solo tienen las personas verdaderamente espirituales, a las que falta toda ambicion y nunca desean brillas, ni convencer a los demas, ni siquiera tener razon. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 81f6c32 | Why was it, do you think, I was able to recognise you and understand you?" "Why, Hermine? Tell me!" "Because it's the same for me as you because I am alone exactly as you are, because I'm as little fond of life and people and myself as you are and can put up with them as little. There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness." | life | Hermann Hesse | |
| 74539d5 | There's a big difference between merely carrying the world inside you and knowing that you do! A madman can produce ideas that resemble Plato's, and a pious little schoolboy in a Herrnhut institute can creatively reconstruct profound mythological associations in his mind, ideas to be found in the Gnostics or Zoroaster. But he doesn't know he's doing it! He's a tree or a stone, at best an animal, just as long as he doesn't know that. But whe.. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 4e97412 | Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. | wisdom | Hermann Hesse | |
| 79319f2 | In course of time I was more and more conscious, too, that this affliction was not due to any defects of nature, but rather to a profusion of gifts and powers which had not attained to harmony. I saw that Haller was a genius of suffering and that in the meaning of many sayings of Nietzsche he had created within himself with positive genius a boundless and frightful capacity of pain. I saw at the same time that the root of his pessimism was .. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 1034257 | kl m tf`lh fy hdh lsyq hw 'n tkhsr nfsk, w khsr@ ldht khTyy'@.. `ly lmr 'n ykwn qdran `ly ltsll ly dkhl nfsh tmman mthl lslHf@. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 0455638 | The dream of death is only the dark smoke Under which the fires of life are burning. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| b4c6826 | Jis tavim geresis, ismoks tave mintinai. | love | Hermann Hesse | |
| 1323b6f | Ne, ne vienas zmogus ilgai negaletu pakelti tokio liepsningo gyvenimo. <...> Niekas negaletu taip ilgai diena nakti deginti visus savo ziburius, eikvoti visus savo vulkanus, niekas neistengtu taip ilgai diena nakti stoveti liepsnose, kasdien daug valandu su ikaitusia galva mastyti, nuolatos megaudamasis, nuolatos kurdamas, nuolatos sviesus, su budriais jausmais ir nervais nelyginant pilis, uz kurios langu kasdien skamba muzika, o naktimis t.. | life lithuanian | Hermann Hesse | |
| dbdabbb | This here," he said playing with it, "is a stone, and will, after a certain time, perhaps turn into soil, and will turn from soil into a plant or animal or human being. In the past, I would have said: This stone is just a stone, it is worthless, it belongs to the world of the Maja; but because it might be able to become also a human being and a spirit in the cycle of transformations, therefore I also grant it importance. Thus, I would perha.. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 9d368c9 | klm zd m ntTlbh mn 'nfsn 'w klm zd m ytTlbh wjbn mn zdt Drwr@ ltjy'n ly lt'ml mSdr qw@ w ly ltwfq byn lfkr w lrwH, klm zd tmlk mhm@ mn lmhmt ln, f'thrtn w smt bn tr@, w tr@ 't`btn w'rhqtn , 'SbH hmln lmSdr lqw@ hdh 'ysr `lyn w 'shl Hdwth ln, blZbT km yHdth ln `ndm nnhmk fy `ml fkry nhmk shdyd w yshl `lyn hml ljsm w ltGDy `n l`ny@ bh. w `Zm lrjl knw m `ly m`rf@ blt'ml w mmrsth, 'w knw fy lTryq lmwSl ly lt'ml dwn `lm mnhm, fmn lm ttH lh wHd@ .. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 1b26abc | wlkny lst l mlHan w`mly hw 'n '`br blns hdh lnhr, wqd `brt balf lns, wlm ykn nhry blnsb@ lyhm Gyr `qb@ fy Tryq rHlthm. knw ysfrwn mn 'jl lml 'w l`ml, 'w mn 'jl Hflt lzff, 'w rHlt lHj, wkn lnhr y`trD Tryqhm dy'man. " | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 1eea1f5 | nk l tkhf l Hyn l tkwn mnsjman m` nfsk. w lns khy'fwn l'nh lm ysbq lhm 'n knw msyTryn `l~ 'nfshm. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 4844949 | wqft `nd zwy@ lshr` w 'SGyt. mn lbrt kn mrH lshbb lmmnhj lmkrwr ySHb fy llyl. twSl kdhb fy kl mkn, w fy kl mkn hdr lmsy'wly@ lmSyr, w hrwb l~ lqTy` bHthan `n ldf | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 67b6bc2 | Trebao bi se ponositi bolom - svaki bol nas podseca na nas visoki polozaj'. Divno! Osamdeset godina pre Nicea! Ali to nije izreka na koju sam mislio - cekajte, evo je. Dakle: 'Vecina ljudi nece da pliva pre neo sto nauci'. Zar to nije saljivo? Razume se da nece da plivaju! Ta rodjeni su za tle, a ne za vodu. I, razume se, nece ni da misle; stvoreni su da zive, a ne da misle! Da, onaj koji misli, kome je glavna stvar da misli, moze da dotera.. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| e581f04 | sh`rt 'nh lys mjdyan l`tmd `l~ shrfh. lqd j mn l`lm lakhr. w lwshyh lyst jrymh blnsbh lh. 'Hsst bdhlk bdqh. flns fy l`lm lakhr lysw mthln fy hdhh l'mwr | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 839fea8 | They had been talking about astrology, a forbidden science that was not pursued in the cloister. Narcissus had said that astrology was an attempt to arrange and order the many different types of human beings according to their natures and destinies. At this point Goldmund had objected: "You're forever talking of differences - I've finally recognised a pet theory of yours. When you speak of the great difference that is supposed to exist betw.. | difference individuality science | Hermann Hesse | |
| 8290956 | Beside the brook Toward the willows, During these days So many yellow flowers have opened Their eyes into gold. I have long since lost my innocence, yet a memory Touches my depth, the golden hours of morning, and gazes Brilliantly upon me out of the eyes of flowers. I was going to pick flowers; Now I leave them all standing And walk home, an old man. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| f05e46c | Siddhartha considered his circumstances. Thinking did not come easily to him. He didn't really feel like it, but he forced himself. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 94186dc | It was clear to the one speaking that each of his words was being allowed to enter into his listener, who sat there quietly, openly, waiting' not a single word was disregarded or met with impatience; Vasudeva attached neither praise nor blame to what he heard but merely listened. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| d73dedf | Here in this endless and gleaming wilderness I was removed farther than ever from the world of men -- And I never saw so close and so clearly The image in the mirror of my own soul. | self | Hermann Hesse | |
| 1fafa12 | Cini mi se da je ljubav od svega najvaznija. Prozreti svet, protumaciti ga i prezreti, to je stvar velikih mislilaca. Ali, meni je jedino stalo do toga da volim svet, da ga ne prezirem, da ne mrzim ni svet ni sebe, da na nj, na sebe i na sva bica mogu da gledam sa ljubavlju i sa divljenjem, i sa strahopostovanjem. | ljubav mililac strahopoštovanje svijet važnost | Hermann Hesse | |
| 9d99ed6 | Wir reden zuviel", sagte er mit ungewohntem Ernst. "Das kluge Reden hat gar keinen Wert, gar keinen. Man kommt nur von sich selber weg. Von sich selber wegkommen ist Sunde. Man muss sich in sich selber vollig kriechen konnen wie eine Schildkrote." | Hermann Hesse | ||
| f7555c7 | It was at a concert of lovely old music. After two or three notes of the piano the door was opened of a sudden to the other world. I sped through heaven and saw God at work. I suffered holy pains. I dropped all my defences and was afraid of nothing in the world. I accepted all things and to all things I gave up my heart. It did not last very long, a quarter of an hour perhaps; but it returned to me in a dream at night, and since, through al.. | music | Hermann Hesse | |
| ef38e25 | lm`rf@ ymkn 'n tkwn qbl@ lltwSyl , 'm lHkm@ fl . wqd ystTy` lmr 'n y`thr `l~ lHkm@ , w'n ytqw~ bh , w'n ySn` l'`jyb mn khllh , wlknh ln ystTy` twSylh wt`lymh llakhryn . wqd khyltny shbh@ mn hdh `ndm knt shb . wkn hdh hw m df`ny b`yd `n lm`lmyn . n `ndy fkr@ wHd@ qd tZnh mzH@ 'w jnwnan , why 'nh fy kl Hqyq@ m wtGlyfh fy klmt l dh knt mtHyz@ ljnb wHd , wkl m ymkn ltfkyr fyh wlt`byr `nh fy klmt dht jnb wHd , 'y nSf lHqyq@ fHsb , nh yftqr Hyny'.. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 293a548 | The devil has spit in the soup. Nothing comes out even. Nothing sounds right. Nothing rejoices and warms. Everything is desolate, sad, foul. All strings out of tune. All colors faded. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 679c77d | Diese Grausamkeiten sind in Wirklichkeit keine. Ein Mensch des Mittelalters wurde den ganzen Stil unseres heutigen Lebens noch ganz anders als grausam, entsetzlich und barbarisch verabscheuen! Jede Zeit, jede Kultur, jede Sitte und Tradition hat ihren Stil hat ihre ihr zukommenden Zartheiten und Harten, Schonheiten und Grausamkeiten, halt gewisse Leiden fur selbstverstandlich, nimmt gewisse Ubel geduldig hin. Zum wirklichen Leiden, zur Holl.. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 777d8ed | It was all the same to him where he would end up; what mattered most was the fact he had finally escaped ... and shown ... that his will was stronger than mere commands and edicts. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 89e4ec9 | At last- I had already given up hope- he broke throught the magic wall; at last helped me; at last he said a few words. Those were the only words I heard him speak today. 'You are tiring yourself Joseph,' he said softly, his voice full of that touching friendlness and solicitude you know so well. That was all. 'You are tiring yourself Joseph. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 2fdbfea | Retki su ljudi koji umeju da slusaju drugoga, nikad nikoga nisam sreo ko bi to umeo kao ti. I tome cu se uciti od tebe. | slušanje znanje | Hermann Hesse | |
| 4fc4968 | Der Machtmensch geht an der Macht zugrunde, der Geldmensch am Geld, der Unterwurfige am Dienen, der Lustsucher an der Lust. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 0f89ea2 | Obeying is like eating and drinking. There's nothing like it if you've been without it for too long. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 9f96b8b | lqd 'tt hdhh l'shy klh w 'khdhtny | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 75bc6d4 | Mancher wird niemals Mensch, bleibt Frosch, bleibt Eidechse, bleibt Ameise. Mancher ist oben Mensch und unten Fisch. Aber jeder ist ein Wurf der Natur nach dem Menschen hin. Und allen sind die Herkunfte gemeinsam, die Mutter, wir alle kommen aus demselben Schlunde; aber jeder strebt, ein Versuch und Wurf aus den Tiefen, seinem eigenen Ziel zu. Wir konnen einander verstehen; aber deuten kann jeder nur sich selbst. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 5737be1 | I closed my eyes obediently; I felt a light kiss on my lips, on which there was always a little accumulation of blood that wouldn't decrease. And then I fell asleep | kiss lips | Hermann Hesse | |
| dac2de9 | w km lw knt fy Hlm fqd stslmt lSwth w t'thyrh. bd km lw 'n Swth ySdr `n '`mqy. w kn b`rf kl shy. fhl kn y`rf kl shy bshkl 'fDl w 'kthr wDwHan mm '`rf 'n?? | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 7e0cdb2 | I don't know much about him. He is a carver in our bishop's city, a days journey from here; he has a great reputation as an artist. Artists usually are no saints, he's probably no saint either, but he certainly is a gifted, high-minded man. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 2de22d4 | Wenn mir Musik die Seele bewegte, dann verstand ich ohne Worte doch alles, fuhlte in der Tiefe alles Lebens reine Harmonie und glaubte zu wissen, dass ein Sinn und schones Gesetz in allem Geschehen verborgen sei. Wenn es auch eine Tauschung war, ich lebte doch darin und war darin begluckt. | hermann-hesse | Hermann Hesse | |
| 3cdb86a | I wanted ... people to listen to the pulse of nature, to partake of the wholeness of life and not forget, under the pressure of their petty destinies, that we are not gods and have not created ourselves but are the children of the earth, part of the cosmos. | Hermann Hesse | ||
| 19f81fb | And many years later, as an adult student of history, Knecht was to perceive more distinctly that history cannot come into being without the substance and the dynamism of this sinful world of egoism and instinctuality, and that even such sublime creations as the Order were born in this cloudy torrent and sooner or later will be swallowed up by it again...Nor was this ever merely an intellectual problem for him. Rather, it engaged his innerm.. | psychology spirituality | Hermann Hesse |