Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live i…

Hermann Hesse
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.106, Om Books International
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Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2015). Siddhartha: An Indian Tale, p.106, Om Books International

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