In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

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.

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by...

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

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

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

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

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.