Hermann Hesse

The bourgeois prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Perhaps people like us cannot love. Ordinary people can - that is their secret.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.