Home » Quote » Hermann Hesse » „A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.“ „A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.“ — Hermann Hesse Related quotes „Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.“ — Jr. „Move like a beam of light;Fly like lightning,Strike like thunder,Whirl in circles aroundA stable center.“ — Morihei Ueshiba „I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice…. sure it does… but only if you're too dumb to move.“ — Jodi Picoult „They're so cold, these scholars!May lightning strike their foodso that their mouths learn howto eat fire!“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „Regarding technique, from ancient times it has been said that movements must fly like lightning and attacks must strike like thunder.“ — Morihei Ueshiba