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Quote by Franz Kafka

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The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

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...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

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.

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.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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...

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...

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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...

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a...

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a...

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink...

For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink...