Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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

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

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 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...

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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

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