Recommendation
introduction

Courage, persistence, perseverance
persistence
salvation
One's own individuality
From animals to humans
preacher
by yourself
From "A Short Autobiography"
The wisdom, teasing, and playfulness of the elderly
Everything is for my best!
To my father
Should I become a swimmer?
Same as us
individuality
nonviolence
In the fog
The possibility of becoming human
forest people
new experience
Each of our unique lives
World History
ideal human
Days of Destiny
What should we do?
new ideal
The individuality of 《Demian》
Outside and myself
The soul of a child
soul
Winter Letter from the South
The relativity of happiness
In the land of the Massagetae
Our dream world
About the Wolf of the Wilderness
pain
mental illness
Community and Nation
Letter to a Communist
A person with personality
From a diary entry from July 1933
Humans, not tools
late exam
Jumping
pruned oak tree

If you want to live as your true self, read Hesse.

"A penetrating and bold portrayal of growth, a work that inspires traditional humanitarian ideals." (Hermann Hesse, Nobel Prize in Literature, 1946)

Hermann Hesse, a writer who lived through the Nazi era, a time of cultural and spiritual ruin, a time of loss when barbaric life was taken for granted.
He did not give in to this and established his own worldview on the true life of human beings on the foundation of literature.
Before he passed away at the age of 85, Hesse published numerous works, including novels such as Demian, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, as well as poetry collections, fables, travelogues, critiques, essays, and letters.
Hesse worked tirelessly for self-realization and loved music, art, peace, people, and freedom.


The biggest theme that runs through Hermann Hesse's work is self-discovery, self-dignity, and a life that leads to oneself.
“The bird struggles to get out of the egg” in Demian.
Just like the phrase “to be born, one must break an egg,” Hesse boldly reveals the message that one must explore the self while simultaneously fighting against the oppressive external world and living as oneself through all of his works.


Hermann Hesse's "How to Be Myself" is a book that collects Hesse's letters, diaries, poems, and prose that penetrate human existence and life.
This book is a gift-like book that contains Hesse's deep stories that those who love Hesse would like to see, including untranslated manuscripts of Hesse that have never been introduced to Korea before, new interpretations of Steppenwolf and Demian, and Hesse's rebellious childhood.
By preserving the original German text as much as possible, Hesse's intimate story is conveyed completely without distortion.
This book is a record of Hermann Hesse's growth and also a record of his life of struggle, stubbornly living with his own sensibilities.
Hesse says that every individual is meaningful in and of itself and that each individual's individuality must be respected and developed.
No one is born to live a useless life from the beginning.
People do not exist to improve, but to live with their own individuality.
Thanks to Hesse's powerful outlook on life, those who read his work gain the strength to break free from the shell and find the true path to themselves through his writing.


Solid and cool-headed advice, following in the footsteps of Schopenhauer and Nietzsche.
The Best Classic Essays on Humanity

Hermann Hesse's "How to Be Myself" contains the entirety of Hermann Hesse's outlook on life.
Hermann Hesse's life was not smooth.
He wanted to become a writer, but he had a difficult childhood due to his family's cynicism and lack of understanding.
He lived through two world wars and underwent psychological treatment for depression over 60 times.
Hermann Hesse's "How to Be Myself" contains the essence of life that he searched for in order to live as his true self even in the midst of such chaos and anxiety.
The sentences that Hesse brought to life with his whole body, letter by letter, serve as a dazzling beacon for readers living in the 21st century.

◆ Don't ask, 'How should I live?'
Live as yourself
◆ You must give up the habit of becoming someone else, or even nothing, or imitating unfamiliar voices, or taking unfamiliar faces for your own.

◆ The best weapons against a miserable life are courage, persistence, and patience.

◆ Life is never easy.

◆ I live my dream.
Other people also dream and live, but they don't dream their own dreams.
That's what makes it different.
◆ If you are born to lead a unique life, not an average life like the average crowd, then even if the path is difficult, you will find your own way to a unique life with your own individuality.

◆ We must ask:
'I am me.
I was born like this.
I have these needs and these problems within me.
So what should I do to endure life and live as beautifully as possible?'