Let me say no more. Words do no justice to the hidden meaning. Everything immediately becomes slightly different when it is expressed in words, a little bit distorted, a little foolish...It is perfectly fine with me that what for one man is precious wisdom for another sounds like foolery.
Hermann Hesseour friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.
Hermann HesseAnd here is a doctrine at which you will laugh. It seems to me, Govinda, that love is the most important thing in the world.
Hermann HesseYou have no doubt guessed long since that the conquest of time and the escape from reality, or however else it may be that you choose to describe your longing, means simply the wish to be relieved of your so-called personality. That is the prison where you lie.
Hermann Hesse