Hermann Karl Hesse (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈhɛsə] ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. Although Hesse was born in Germany's Black Forest region of Swabia, his father's celebrated heritage as a Baltic German and his grandmother's French-Swiss roots had an intellectual influence on...
Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence.
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
—Blakney Francis in Someone I Used to Know
If men could only know each other, they would neither idolize nor hate.