Hermann Hesse Quotes


This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today...But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best.


Citations

Hesse, Hermann. Klingsor's Last Summer. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970, p. 165.

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Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
  • Born: July 2, 1877
  • Died: August 9, 1962
  • Nationality: German, Swiss
  • Profession: Novelist, Short Story Author, Essayist, Poet, Painter

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.