“ All are submissive, all would like to be friends, like to obey, think little. Like children are all people. ”
Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha (1922). copy citation
Author | Hermann Hesse |
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Source | Siddhartha |
Topic | thought |
Date | 1922 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2500/2500-h/2500-h.htm |
Context
“Smiling, Siddhartha was happy about the friendship and the kindness of the ferryman. "He is like Govinda," he thought with a smile, "all I meet on my path are like Govinda. All are thankful, though they are the ones who would have a right to receive thanks. All are submissive, all would like to be friends, like to obey, think little. Like children are all people. At about noon, he came through a village. In front of the mud cottages, children were rolling about in the street, were playing with pumpkin-seeds and sea-shells, screamed and wrestled, but they all timidly fled from the unknown Samana.”
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