Hermann Karl Hesse, a poet, writer, and painter of German descent, created works of art. His best-known works, such as Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, all highlight a character’s search for spirituality, self-awareness, and honesty. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946. Hesse was …

You must have noticed that Fyodor Dostoevsky was a complex and fascinating character if you’ve ever opened one of his books. His writings have a distinctively Russian manner of letting the reader scrutinize and inspect the lives of the characters, learning a little bit more about life in the process. …

Even decades later, audiences are still drawn to the sayings of Martin Luther King Jr., whether they are about the need for racial justice or forgiveness. King is celebrated on Monday as a pioneering civil rights figure. When it was adopted in 1983, the holiday commemorating Fal’s birthday became the …

Basic life topics like happiness have been the subject of discussion, debate, and attempts to define for millennia. Ancient philosophers like Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato devoted a large portion of their lives to attempting to comprehend and explain the fundamental principles underlying particular life difficulties. Their disagreements have persisted throughout …