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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

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

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

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

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.

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

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,...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

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...

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

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