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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

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

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

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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.

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...

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again...

Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible,...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

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,...

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...

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.

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for...