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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

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.

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

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...

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.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is 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...

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?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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.

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

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