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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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....

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

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.

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...

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

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...

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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

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