“ Ephemeral, highly ephemeral is the world of formations; ephemeral, highly ephemeral are our clothes and hairstyles, and our hair and our bodies themselves. Hermann Hesse
“ They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. Hermann Hesse
“ You show the world as a complete, unbroken chain, an eternal chain, linked together by cause and effect. Hermann Hesse
“ For you know that soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than force. Vesadeva to Siddartha Hermann Hesse
“ He sat thus, lost in meditation, thinking Om, his soul as the arrow directed at Brahman. Hermann Hesse
“ What is meditation? What is leaving one's body? What is fasting? What is holding one's breath? It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self, it is a short numbing of… Hermann Hesse
“ Man svarbu mokėti mylėti pasaulį, neniekinti jo, nejausti neapykantos jam ir sau, žvelgti į jį, į save ir į visas būtybes su meile, susižavėjimu ir didžia pagarba. Hermann Hesse
“ Hiçbir gerçek yoktur ki, karşıtı da gerçek olmasın! Yani şöyle: Bir gerçek ancak tek taraflıysa, dile getirilip sözcüklere dökülebilir. Düşüncelerle düşünülüp sözcüklerle söylenebilen ne varsa tek tar… Hermann Hesse
“ Meilę galima iškaulyti, nupirkti, gauti dovanų, atrasti gatvėje, bet jėga jos išplėšti negalima. Hermann Hesse