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Quote by Franz Kafka

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The meaning of life is that it stops.

The meaning of life is that it stops.

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

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

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

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

In the struggle between yourself and the world second 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 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?

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.

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,...

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...

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.

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...

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

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.

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....

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...

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

My fear is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.