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

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

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

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

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

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...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view,...

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...

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

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.

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

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

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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...

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

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 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,...

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...

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross....