"Oh, how he yearned to feel the vibration between himself and everything in the world !"

"Old age is a stage in our lives, ... it has its own face, its own atmosphere and temperature, its own joys and needs."

"Stone on the path, you are stronger than me ! Tree in the meadow, you will outlast me, and perhaps so will you, little raspberry bush..."

" "Pour moi, une vie sans musique serait insupportable... je la dédaignerai et m'en débarrasserai."

[Quotations] "I believe that we are on earth for this purpose, for contemplating and searching and listening for lost remote sounds..."

"While Hesse recognized that ideas of degeneration existed during this period, he warned the reader not to yield to despair."

“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers..."

Quelques extraits choisis des oeuvres d'Hermann Hesse, à propos de la solitude qui lui était si chère.