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

Quote by Franz Kafka

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In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

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...

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

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to...

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.

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...

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....

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...