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It is not our purpose to become each other it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement.

Hermann Hesse

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
Purpose
Narcissus
Learn
Complement
Become
Opposite
Recognize
Awareness
Honor
Motivational
Respect

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The deity is within you, not in ideas and books. Truth is lived, not taught.
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