Most men will not swim before they are able to. Is that not witty? Naturally, theywon't swim! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturallythey wont think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, whats more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he hasbartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown. Hermann Hesse, SteppenwolfHow absurd these words are, such as beast and beast of prey. One should not speakof animals in that way. They may be terrible sometimes, but they re much more right than men...They re never in any embarrassment. They always know what to doand how to behave themselves. They don t flatter and they don t intrude. They don t pretend. They are as they are, like stones or flowers or stars in the sky. Hermann Hesse, SteppenwolfThere are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness. Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf