Death Quote by Hermann Hesse — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.”

“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.”

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

“I will no longer mutilate and destroy myself in order to find a secret behind the ruins.”

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

“In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke.”

“I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again.”

“That is a dream also; only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened; and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?”

“You had once asked me if I was afraid of death.”

“It's natural to die," he said again. "The fact that we make such a big hullabaloo over it is all because we don't see ourselves as part of nature. We think because we're human we're something above nature.”

“Every morning is my birthday and every night is my death-day.”

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.”