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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The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

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.

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...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

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....

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it...

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

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

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....

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

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

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

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.

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.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

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,...

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.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Religions get lost as people do.

Religions get lost as people do.