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“There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge-that is everywhere, that is Atman, that is in me and you and in every creature, and I am beginning to believe that this knowledge has no worse enemy than the man of knowledge, than learning.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“-Why are you so sad?
- Because you speak to me in words and I look at you with feelings.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“Siddhartha has one single goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow-to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought-that was his goal.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha