“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: beauty
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By imposing too great a responsibility, or
“By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: great
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How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared
“How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: knowledge
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So long as you have food in
“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: food
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There are only two things. Truth and
“There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: truth
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So long as you have food in
“So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: time
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You can hold yourself back from the
“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: nature
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It is not necessary that you leave
“It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: alone
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The history of mankind is the instant
“The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.”
— Franz Kafka
Author: Franz Kafka
Category: history
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