Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Quote by Franz Kafka

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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.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

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...

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.

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.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

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.

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

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance...

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

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

...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...

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

Isnt it obvious that a person would leave from where he is hated so much?...

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...

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...