I, also, would like to look and smile, sit and walk like that, so free…

Hermann Hesse
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I, also, would like to look and smile, sit and walk like that, so free, so worthy, so restrained, so candid, so childlike and mysterious. A man only looks and walks like that when he has conquered his Self. I also will conquer my Self. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.30, Om Books International
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