Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

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...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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...

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.

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.

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

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...

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations...

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...

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....

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.