A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

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

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

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

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

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

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

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...