Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be re…

Hermann Hesse
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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1980). Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays
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Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose. ✨ Hermann Hesse (1980). Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

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