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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
I don't even know what to say. Hesse's novel is brief (this edition was 122 pages), simple to read and profound. I could read these same 122 pages over and over and, I believe, continue to find something new to learn or think about.
And, yet, it is so simple that I think it would be easy to miss the lessons.
“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha
And, yet, it is so simple that I think it would be easy to miss the lessons.
“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha