If man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. If, for instance, Siddhartha had not learned to fast, he would have had to seek some kind of work today, either with you, or elsewhere, for hunger would have driven him. But as it is, Siddhartha can wait calmly. He is not impatient, he is not in need, he can ward off hunger for a long time and laugh at it. Therefore, fasting is useful, sir.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into s… - Hermann Hesse
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into s…
- Hermann Hesse
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to he… - Hermann Hesse
I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to he…
It was the first rent in the holy image of my father, it was the first fissure in the columns that had upheld my childhood, which every individual mu… - Hermann Hesse
It was the first rent in the holy image of my father, it was the first fissure in the columns that had upheld my childhood, which every individual mu…
Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast. - Hermann Hesse
Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself - Hermann Hesse
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself. - Hermann Hesse
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
Every experience has its element of magic. - Hermann Hesse
Every experience has its element of magic.
There is no reality except the one contained within us. - Hermann Hesse
There is no reality except the one contained within us.
To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again. - Hermann Hesse
To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
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