Evil is whatever distracts.

Quote by Franz Kafka

Topics: Evil Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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.

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...

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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...

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...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

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...

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

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

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.