There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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...

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

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

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...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

I can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out...

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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....

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...

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.

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...