It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking,…

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

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...

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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.

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

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...

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

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...

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