I did not come into the world to write poetry, to preach, to paint pictures, neither I nor anyone else came into the world for this. Everything worked out just on the way. Everyone's true calling consists of one thing only - to come to oneself. What he ends up being - a poet, a madman or a prophet - is none of his business and ultimately unimportant. His role is to find his vocation, and not any other, and devote himself to it internally, completely and unquestioningly. I am a throw of nature, a throw into the unknown, maybe into something new, maybe nowhere, and to make this projection from the abyss effective, to feel its will in myself and make it completely mine - that alone is my calling. Only this!

I did not come into the world to write poetry, to preach, to paint pictures, neither I nor anyone else came into the world for this. Everything worked out just on the way. Everyone's true calling consists of one thing only - to come to oneself. What he ends up being - a poet, a madman or a prophet - is none of his business and ultimately unimportant. His role is to find his vocation, and not any other, and devote himself to it internally, completely and unquestioningly. I am a throw of nature, a throw into the unknown, maybe into something new, maybe nowhere, and to make this projection from the abyss effective, to feel its will in myself and make it completely mine - that alone is my calling. Only this!

🍀 Herman Hesse