Evil is whatever distracts.

Quote by Franz Kafka

Topics: Evil Quotes

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

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.

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....

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things...