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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If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

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....

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

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.

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.

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

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

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 Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Read much, but not many books.

Read much, but not many books.

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents,...

A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents,...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...