Books are a narcotic.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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

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

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

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

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...

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

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

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

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.

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.

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...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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

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

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.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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

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

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

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

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

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...

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.