A true seeker, one who truly wished to find, could accept no doctrine. But the one who has found what was sought, such a one could approve of every doctrine, each and every one, every path, every goal; nothing separated one any longer from all those thousands of others who lived in the eternal

Hermann Karl Hesse (1877 CE-1962 CE), Hermann Karl Hesse was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. His best-known works include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.