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What should I possibly have to tell you, oh venerable one? Perhaps that you're searching far too much? That in all that searching, you don't find the time for finding?

Siddhartha
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.

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

Siddhartha
What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

Siddhartha
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.

Demian
What I was chasing in circles must have been the tail of the darkness inside me.

After the Quake
You can keep as quiet as you like, but one of these days somebody is going to find you.

1Q84
One must look for one thing only, to find many
I do not seek. I find
The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value
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