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Quotes from Journey to the East — Hermann Hesse

1877–1962 Germany

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Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the other side. p.83

Journey to the East (1932)

It is the law of service. He who wishes to live long must serve, but he who wishes to rule does not live long...

Journey to the East (1932)

For our goal was not only the East, or rather the East was not only a country and something geographical, but the home and the youth of the soul, the everywhere and nowhere, the oneness of all times.

Journey to the East (1932)

I have begun with the easiest tasks which require the smallest amount of faith. Each succeeding task will be increasingly difficult. p. 85

Journey to the East (1932)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hermann Hesse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.