We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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...

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.

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...

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

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...

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

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

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the...

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?

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

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...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

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

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

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

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.

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...

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.

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

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.

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

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