Hermann Hesse Quotes

Everyone gives what he has. The soldier gives strength, the merchant goods, the teacher instruction, the farmer rice, the fisherman fish.

Hermann Hesse

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Being in this fine mood, I spoke to a little boy, whom I saw playing alone in the road, asking him what he was going to be when he grew up. Of course I expected to hear him say a sailor, a soldier, a hunter, or something else that seems heroic to childhood, and I was very much surprised when he answered innocently, 'A man.'

W. H. Davies
- Up
- Man
- Alone
Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.

Ovid
- You
- Will
- Pool
Like most women, I have days where I feel like today I'm not leaving the house - you know days where you've got a spot on your nose or when you've just got off a flight, eaten fish and chips and feel really bloated - that one happens a lot to me.

Lara Stone
- Women
- Today
- House
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.

Malala Yousafzai
- World
- Book
- Remember
My first songs were about animals and shoes. I wrote one song about PF Flyers, and one to my fish.

Kate Micucci
- Song
- Shoes
- Fish
In some sense, when you take a child soldier out of an armed group, you've taken away the identity he or she has had for years, and you can't assume life is just going to return to normal.

Forest Whitaker
- Life
- Taken
- Child