If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't… — Hermann Hesse
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
In the original German
Wenn wir einen Menschen hassen, so hassen wir in seinem Bild etwas, was in uns selber sitzt. Was nicht in uns selber ist, das regt uns nicht auf.
Demian · 1919
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Current citation
Hesse, Herman. Demian, translated by Damion Searls. Penguin Classics, 2013.
Original citation
Hesse, Herman. Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend [Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth]. Fischer Verlag, 1919.