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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral we have already climbed many steps.

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
Going
Wellness
Circles
Buddhism
Yoga
Siddhartha
Steps
Upwards
Already
Spiral
Path
Climbed
Many
Spirals

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