Quote of Hermann Hesse - You shall learn to laugh. Now...
Biography - Hermann Hesse:
German-born poet, novelist, and painter.
Born: 1877 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Born: 1877 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: to learn
What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
Quotes for: laughter
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
Quotes about humour:
Everything human is pathetic. The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
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