How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

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

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

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.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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

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

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

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...

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

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

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

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...