Hermann Hesse

"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."

"Happiness is a how, not a what: a talent, not an object."

"The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure."

"The truth has a million faces, but there is only one truth."

"One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time."

"I have known it for a long time, but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach."

"Love is stronger than violence."