You are only afriad if you are not in harmony with yourself. People ar…

Hermann Hesse
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You are only afriad if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them! ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse.
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You are only afriad if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them! ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse.

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