We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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

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

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...

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

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.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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...

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

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

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

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

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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...

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?

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

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

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....

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.

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

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

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

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,...