There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that w…

Hermann Hesse
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There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.18, Om Books International
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