When you throw a rock into the wa­ter, it will speed on the fast­est course to the bot­tom of the wa­ter. This is how it is when Siddhartha has a goal, a res­ol­u­tion. Siddhartha does noth­ing, he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he passes through the things of the world like a rock through wa­ter, without do­ing any­thing, without stir­ring; he is drawn, he lets him­self fall. His goal at­tracts him, be­cause he doesn’t let any­thing enter his soul which might op­pose the goal. This is what Siddhartha has learned among the Samanas. This is what fools call ma­gic and of which they think it would be ef­fected by means of the dae­mons. Noth­ing is ef­fected by dae­mons, there are no dae­mons. Every­one can per­form ma­gic, every­one can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.”