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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You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

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

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

Books are a narcotic.

Books are a narcotic.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

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...

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?...

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...

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

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

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us.

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

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

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?

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...

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.