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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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...

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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

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

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.

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one...

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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...

Writers speak stench.

Writers speak stench.

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

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...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

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

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

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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....

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...

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

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