Geburtsdatum | Montag, 02. Juli 1877 |
Geburtsort | Calw |
Todesdatum | Donnerstag, 09. August 1962 |
Todesort | Montagnola |
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Beschreibung | Hermann Karl Hesse, Pseudonym: Emil Sinclair (* 2. Juli 1877 in Calw; † 9. August 1962 in Montagnola, Schweiz; heimatberechtigt in Basel und Bern), war ein deutsch-schweizerischer Schriftsteller, Dichter und Maler. Bekanntheit erlangte er mit Prosawerken wie Siddhartha, Der Steppenwolf, Demian, Das Glasperlenspiel sowie Narziß und Goldmund und mit seinen Gedichten (z. B. Stufen). 1946 wurde ihm der Nobelpreis für Literatur verliehen, 1954 wurde er in den Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste aufgenommen. Die meisten seiner Werke haben die Suche eines Menschen nach Authentizität, Selbsterkenntnis und Spiritualität zum Thema. |
Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness.
To study history means submitting to chaos and nevertheless retaining faith in order and meaning.
There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge - that is everywhere.
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of life and transformation.
One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
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 something of value.
Happiness is a how not a what. A talent, not an object.
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
