Quotes by Hesse, Hermann

Happiness is a how, not a what: a talent, not an object >>

You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People ar >>

Every age, every culture, every custom and tradition has its own chara >>

Quotations about Music

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. >>

Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune. >>

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding h >>

I am fond of music I think because it is so amoral. Everything else is moral and I am after something that isn't. I have always found moralizing intolerable.

Hesse, Hermann