Books are a narcotic

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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.

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

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

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...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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.

Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

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...

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.