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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

“I possess nothing,” said Siddhartha, “if that is what you mean. I am certainly without possession, but of my own free will, so I am not in need.”
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha


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“If you come from the Samanas, how is it that you are not in need? Are not all the Samanas completely without possessions?”
“I possess nothing,” said Siddhartha, “if that is what you mean. I am certainly without possession, but of my own free will, so I am not in need.”


Quote source: Siddhartha


Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Je suis en effet dénué de tout, dit Siddhartha, si tu entends par là que je ne possède rien. Mais si je ne possède rien, c'est par ma volonté ; je ne suis donc pas dans le besoin.
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha

German
“Besitzlos bin ich,” sagte Siddhartha, “wenn es das ist, was du meinst. Gewiss bin ich besitzlos. Doch bin ich es freiwillig, bin also nicht in Not.”
Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha



See also 

See also...



He has what he desires who can limit his desires to what is enough.
Publilius Syrus - Sentences

If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
Jean de La Bruyere - Les Caractères

All that is mine I carry with me.
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Who lives content with little possesses everything.
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux - Épîtres

The right-minded man is he who is not grieved by what he has not, but enjoys what he has.
Democritus - Fragments



Quotes for: will


Quotes

Quotes about will:


Pessimism comes from the temperament, optimism from the will.
Émile-Auguste Chartier, known as Alain - Propos sur le bonheur / 





A great part of progress consists in the desire to make progress.
Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium / 





Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.
William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice / 





As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.
Noam Chomsky / 





We have more strength than will; and it is often merely for an excuse we say things are impossible.
François de La Rochefoucauld - Reflections, or Sentences and Moral Maxims / 





Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Mahatma Gandhi / 






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Hermann Hesse also said...


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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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