If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

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.

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.

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

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

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

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...

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

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

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

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...

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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

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

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

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...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

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....

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

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