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Hermann Hesse Quotes

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.

Hermann Hesse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: german
Birth: July 2, 1877 - August 9, 1962

Topics

Inspirational Good Value Believe Bad

My daughter wrote a book called 'Kelly Tough' when she was 19 years old. It's a must-read.

Jim Kelly

Daughter Book Tough She Old Years

There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.

Jesmyn Ward

Power Light Simple Darkness Racism

That's why the role that I have on 'Grey's Anatomy' is important to me, because it's a human being. He doesn't have to wear race on his sleeve; he doesn't even have to talk about it. We just lead by our actions.

Jesse Williams

Me Important Why Grey Race Talk

I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller. It was my first popular book and aroused a great deal of interest. Initially, many people found it difficult to understand. I therefore decided to try to write a new version that would be easier to follow.

Stephen Hawking

History Great Time Best People Book

When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

Tracy Pollan

Family Live Myself Way Always Give

It's real simple - we all have nightmares, and the idea you can be in real jeopardy in them is a great gimmick. It's universal.

Robert Englund

Great Simple You Real Nightmares

Only ugliness is obscene.

Mary Quant

Only Ugliness Obscene

To different minds, poetry may present different phases. To me, the reverent faith of the people I lived among, and their faithful everyday living, was poetry; blossoms and trees and blue shies were poetry. God himself was poetry.

Lucy Larcom

God Faith Blue Poetry People Me

With the notable exceptions of rum drinks, black beans, fat brown cigars, the smiles of pretty girls, hot yellow sunlight, and fat men with guitars and bongos playing mambos, rumbas, and boleros late into the night, nothing in Cuba comes easily.

Jonathan Miles

Men Yellow Night Black Fat Late

After watching Taro reach the brink of bankruptcy, seeing their shares delisted from trading, hearing endless false promises about receiving audited financial statements, and witnessing an unchecked drain of company resources, the shareholders have clearly had enough.

Dilip Shanghvi

Promises Financial Reach Enough

I'll always stand by my Gypsy roots, and I'll always help out one of my own.

Cher Lloyd

Roots Stand Help My Own Always Out

While I wouldn't say that most entrepreneurs find it easy to get funding, there are certainly more people out there funding technology and healthcare companies than in other areas.

Clayton M. Christensen

Technology People Find Healthcare