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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

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.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

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...

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

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

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

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

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

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.

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

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...

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.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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...