Siddhartha has one single goalto become empty to become empty of thirst desire dreams pleasure and sorrowto let the Self die. No longer to be Self to experience the peace of an emptied heart to experience pure thoughtthat was his goal.
Hermann Hesse
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I call that man awake who with conscious knowledge and understanding can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul his whole innermost strength desire and weakness and knows how to reckon with himself.
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At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that many no all men were capable of dying for one.
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