I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult?

Ich wollte ja nichts als das zu leben versuchen, was von selber aus mir heraus wollte. Warum war das so sehr schwer?

Hermann Hesse

Demian

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Topic

Being true to oneself Authenticity

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Demian

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

German

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.

Current Citation

Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.

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Another quote by Hermann Hesse

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Topic
Knowledge Wisdom
Speaker
Siddhartha

Author

Hermann Hesse
Source
Siddhartha
Language
German
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1910s

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Woodrow Wilson

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Topic
America and the world International politics
Speaker
Woodrow Wilson
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

Another quote about Authenticity

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic
Being true to oneself Authenticity Personal integrity
Speaker
Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

Another quote from 1919

The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; but that is the way to bet.

Hugh Keough

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Topic
Winners and losers

Author

Hugh Keough
Language
English
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Keough, Hugh. Quoted in Collier's. Feb. 1919.

Another quote originally in German

This war did not bear the characteristics of the previous conflicts among the European nations to which we were accustomed. To an ever increasing degree it began to be generally realized that the reasons for this conflict were no longer to be sought in the usual interests even if plausible of the various nations, but that in reality it was one of those elementary struggles which shaking the foundations of the world but once in a thousand years, introduce a new millennium.

Adolf Hitler

Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942

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World War II
Speaker
Adolf Hitler
Source
Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Speech to the Reichstag. 26 Apr. 1942, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany.