Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

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.

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

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

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

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.

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...

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.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

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...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

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 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.

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,...

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...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It...

Before you assume, learn. Before you judge, understand. Before you hurt, feel. Before you say,...

Before you assume, learn. Before you judge, understand. Before you hurt, feel. Before you say,...

There is no bigger pain in heart than knowing the right but doing not the...

There is no bigger pain in heart than knowing the right but doing not the...