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Biography - Hermann Hesse:

German-born poet, novelist, and painter.
Born: 1877 - Died: 1962
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom to one man seems nonsense to another.
Hermann Hesse


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Quotes for: thought


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Quotes about thought:


Great thoughts come from the heart.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
John Locke - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding / 





People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard / 





Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - De oratore / 





The thought of death betrays us, for it makes us forget to live.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 





Lucidity adds beauty to profound thoughts.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues - Reflexions and Maxims / 






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Quotes for: word


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Quotes for: word


The word flies and cannot be recalled.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Epistles / 





One word and all is saved
One word and all is lost.
André Breton - Le revolver à cheveux blancs  / 





Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks / 





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.
Hannah Arendt / 





The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Henry David Thoreau - A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers / 





The meaning of a word is its use in the language.
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophical Investigations / 






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Hermann Hesse also said...


You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Hermann Hesse / 





I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?
Hermann Hesse / 





So that the possible emerges, the impossible must be tried again and again.
Hermann Hesse / 





The really great men in the history of the world have all either known how to meditate or have unconsciously found their way to the place to which meditation leads us.
Hermann Hesse / 





Opponents often need each other more than friends, for without wind, the mills won't run.
Hermann Hesse / 





Truly there is no wise man. Who does not know the dark.
Hermann Hesse - In the fog / 







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