- Novelist | July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
Franz Kafka
MyselfI AmUnhappyFeelingTrueAm
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.
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One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
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A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.
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Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
BeautyHappyYouthNeverOldSee
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
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One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.
YouClarityBecomeDiaryChanges
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.
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Religions get lost as people do.
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In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
FightWorldYouBackBetween
The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.
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In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
HappinessBelievePerfectStrive
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