How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

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

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

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

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...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

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?...

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.

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

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.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

We must show that liberty is not merely one particular value but that it is...

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are:...

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are:...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the...

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written