One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. E…

Hermann Hesse
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One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking -- a detour, an error. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.9, Om Books International
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