Hermann Hesse Quotes

Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

Hermann Hesse

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• Suffering
• Laugh

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• Alas, Siddhartha, I see you suffering, but you're suffering a pain at which one would like to laugh, at which you'll soon laugh for yourself.

  

  Hermann Hesse
  • Pain
  • Suffering
  • Laugh