The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

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...

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...

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.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

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...

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.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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,...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

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

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

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 often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.