Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

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

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

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

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

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

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

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

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.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

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

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...

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power....