The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

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...

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

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

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

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

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

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

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...