Books are a narcotic

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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?

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again...

Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

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.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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

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

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

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

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.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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,...

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....