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

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...

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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...

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.

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

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

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

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?

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.

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.

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...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

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,...

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.

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

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.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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,...

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....