I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...