Hermann Hesse Quotes

The great stillness in these landscapes that once made me restless seeps into me day by day, and with it the unreasonable feeling that I have found what I was searching for without ever having discovered what it was.

Existence itself does not feel horrible; it feels like an ecstasy, rather, which we have only to be still to experience.

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.

I'm at peace.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement.

The storm is over, there is sunlight in my heart. I have a glass of wine and sit thinking of what has passed.

The empty, the one, the unmoved, the full, satiation, wanting nothing--that would be my evil: in short, dreamless sleep.

be it peace or happiness let it enfold you

What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.

It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body -- an overwhelming sense of calm . . . I actually began to feel blessed.

Blessed are the simple, for they shall have much peace.

When I have come to you, at last (as I have always done), I have come to peace and happiness. I come home, now, like a tired traveller, and find such a blessed sense of rest!

If meditation is going rightly, deep, you will feel transformed throughout the whole day. A subtle contentment will be present every moment. With whatsoever you are doing, you will feel a cool center inside - contentment.

Happy the eyes that can close

When you don't cling to anything, there is nowhere to go - all boats have been abandoned, you cannot go anywhere; all paths have been dropped, you cannot go anywhere; all dreams and desires have disappeared, there is no way to move. Relaxation happens of its own accord. Just think of the word relax. Be, settle, you have come home.

I'm looking forward to becoming older and quieter.

Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.

I am grown peaceful as old age tonight.

The happiest life is to be without thought

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy.

Holding still for a moment, what a moment this is, Oh for a moment of forgetting, a moment of bliss

Adam strokes my head, my face, he kisses my tears. We are blessed. Let them all go. The sound of a bird flying low across the garden. Then nothing. Nothing. A cloud passes. Nothing again. Light falls through the window, falls onto me, into me. Moments. All gathering towards this one.