Hermann Hesse Quotes
In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha. Translated by Hilda Rosner, New Directions, 1951, p. 115.
Most people are surprised that this is a reality of something like physics although sophisticated philosophers have been making this point with respect to human relations for many years. Politics is a particularly good example where conflicting realities can both exist at the same time.
Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-born 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.
