Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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

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

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.

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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...

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

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.

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

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

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

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.

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....

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...

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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.