Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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 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...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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

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

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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

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

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

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

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

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.

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

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

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

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...

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...

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...

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.