Herman Hess (1877-1962) was a German author, and the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. He is most famous for his novels Steppenwolf and Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game).

Hesse's interests in existential, spiritual, and mystical themes and in Buddhist and Hindu philosophy may be seen in his works.

Born in Calw, Germany, Hesse emigrated to Switzerland in 1912 and in 1923 became a Swiss citizen.

Bibliography

* 1904 - Peter Camenzind
* 1906 - Unterm Rad
* 1910 - Gertrud
* 1919 - Demian
* 1920 - Klingsors letzter Sommer
* 1922 - Siddharta
* 1927 - Der Steppenwolf (the name was borrowed by the well-known rock group Steppenwolf)
* 1930 - Narziss und Goldmund
* 1932 - Die Morgenlandfahrt
* 1943 - Das Glasperlenspiel (English translations have been variously titled, Magister Ludi, Master of the Game, and The Glass Bead Game.)


Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
- Herman Hess

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

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
- Herman Hess

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
- Herman Hess

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
- Herman Hess

Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it.
- Herman Hess

The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure.
- Herman Hess

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.
- Herman Hess