Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

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

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

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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...

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?...

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....

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

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

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...

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

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,...

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.

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.

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.

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...

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

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.

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.

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.