Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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

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

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

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...

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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...

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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

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

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...