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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Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

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.

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

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

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...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

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...

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?

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

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 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.

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...

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...

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,...

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

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.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.