A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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

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

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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?

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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

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

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

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

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

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,...

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

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

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

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...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

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...

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

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

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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...

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.