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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...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

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...

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements...

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the...

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

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

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,...

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...

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the...

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...

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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...