Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time,...

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.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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.