Sublime

L’éternel marcheur est aussi et surtout un voyageur de l’intérieur, de l’intériorité.

These words are not sufficient for this secret meaning. Everything always comes out a little differently as soon as it is put into words. It gets distorted slightly and seems a bit silly—yes, this is also very good and I like it quite a bit, and I agree with the idea that what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to someo

See you’ve already learned this from the water: that it is good to strive downwards, to sink and to seek depth.

En 1911, Hermann Hesse part à Ceylan et voyage en Malaisie, à Singapour, Sumatra, en Inde, pays de sa mère. Il lit les Upanischads, ces textes philosophiques d’enseignement de la religion hindoue, dont Schopenhauer dit : « Cette lecture a été la consolation de ma vie et sera la consolation de ma mort. »

“Do not scold, my dear friend. Nothing was ever achieved by scolding. If a loss has been sustained, I will bear the loss. I am very satisfied with this journey. I have become acquainted with many people, I have become friendly with a Brahmin, children have sat on my knee, farmers have showed me their fields. Nobody took me for a merchant.”

The longing for a full life glowed in me, or rather the longing for love.