Religions get lost as people do.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

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.

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...

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...

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.

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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

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

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.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

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.

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.

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...