Smile When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present, in the smile of God, I return to my childhood, too, for that is where the most... Hermann Hesse 18
Happiness To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. Hermann Hesse 25
Death The call of death is a call of love. Death can be sweet if we answer it in the affirmative, if we accept it as one of the great eternal forms of... Hermann Hesse 24
Art Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of... Hermann Hesse 19
Happiness It was as if all of the happiness, all of the magic of this blissful hour had flowed together into these stirring, bittersweet tones and flowed... Hermann Hesse 23
Age Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief... Hermann Hesse 19
Happiness This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being... Hermann Hesse 16
