The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

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.

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...

Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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...

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...

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

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

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

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.

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....

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.