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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The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

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

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

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...

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...

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

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...

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...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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...

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...

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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 fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world.

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.

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

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

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...