No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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.

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.

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.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

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

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

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

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...

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

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...

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...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...