The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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

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

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...

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?...

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.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

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...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

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.

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....

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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

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

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

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

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

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...

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.

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...

Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which...