There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution.
Franz Kafka
Spiritual Reflection, Eternal Evolution, Human Nature, Senses, Evil, World
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“The true way goes over a line that, rather than spanning heights, is hardly above the ground. It appears more decidedly to make one trip than to be walked along.” Franz Kafka
Truth, Struggle, Path, Journey, Challenge, Heights
Franz Kafka Truth, Struggle, Path, Journey, Challenge, Heights“If you find someone who makes you smile, who checks up on you often to see if you’re okay. Who watches out for you and wants the best for you. Who loves and respects you. Don’t let them go. People like that are hard to find.” Franz Kafka
True Love, Respectful Relationship, Emotional Support, Love, Relationship, Support
Franz Kafka True Love, Respectful Relationship, Emotional Support, Love, Relationship, Support“I answer one of your letters, then lie in bed in apparent calm, but my heart beats through my entire body and is conscious only of you. I belong to you; there is really no other way of expressing it, and that is not strong enough.” Franz Kafka
Heartfelt Connection, Love’s Power, Emotional Bond, Devotion, Soulmate, Passion
Franz Kafka Heartfelt Connection, Love’s Power, Emotional Bond, Devotion, Soulmate, Passion“Being alone has a power over me that never fails. My interior dissolves and is ready to release what lies deeper.” Franz Kafka
Inner Strength, Solitude Power, Emotional Depth, Reflection, Self, Release
Franz Kafka Inner Strength, Solitude Power, Emotional Depth, Reflection, Self, Release“If education tries to make other persons out of us than we essentially are, deeper inside, it stultifies, and reproach matters.” Franz Kafka
Education, Identity, Growth, Individuality, Conformity, Self
Franz Kafka Education, Identity, Growth, Individuality, Conformity, Self“Evil is the starry sky of the Good.” Franz Kafka
Evil Sky, Good Reflection, Evil, Good, Starry Sky, Philosophy
Franz Kafka Evil Sky, Good Reflection, Evil, Good, Starry Sky, Philosophy“There is a goal but no way; what we call the way is mere wavering.” Franz Kafka
Goal, Journey, Uncertainty, Life, Striving, Path
Franz Kafka Goal, Journey, Uncertainty, Life, Striving, Path“For everything outside the phenomenal world, language can only be used allusively, but never even approximately in a comparative way, since, corresponding as it does to the phenomenal world, it is concerned only with property and its relations.” Franz Kafka
Language, Phenomenal, Philosophy, Communication, Reality, Limits
Franz Kafka Language, Phenomenal, Philosophy, Communication, Reality, Limits“The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.” Franz Kafka
Life Experience, Self Awareness, Spiritual Reflection, Philosophical Depth, Emotional Insights, Inner Growth
Franz Kafka Life Experience, Self Awareness, Spiritual Reflection, Philosophical Depth, Emotional Insights, Inner Growth“Why do we complain about the Fall? It is not on its account that we were expelled from Paradise, but on account of the Tree of Life, lest we might eat of it.” Franz Kafka
Fall Reflection, Spiritual Struggles, Existential Dilemma, Fall, Paradise, Life
Franz Kafka Fall Reflection, Spiritual Struggles, Existential Dilemma, Fall, Paradise, Life““ALAS,” said the mouse, “the world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when at last I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into.” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. Translated.” Franz Kafka
Symbolic Story, Kafkaesque Parables, Choices And Fate, Life Reflections, Philosophical Lessons, Inevitable Outcomes
Franz Kafka Symbolic Story, Kafkaesque Parables, Choices And Fate, Life Reflections, Philosophical Lessons, Inevitable Outcomes“There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.” Franz Kafka
Community, Identity, People, Morality, Ordinary, Scoundrels
Franz Kafka Community, Identity, People, Morality, Ordinary, Scoundrels“I would be speaking even with my silence, because at the moment I am nothing but a single word.” Franz Kafka
Silence, Expression, Communication, Identity, Voice, Self
Franz Kafka Silence, Expression, Communication, Identity, Voice, Self“Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old.” Franz Kafka
Beauty, Youth, Perception, Timelessness, Aging, Awareness
Franz Kafka Beauty, Youth, Perception, Timelessness, Aging, Awareness“All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.” Franz Kafka
Impatience, Error, Procedure, Reflection, Thought, Mistakes
Franz Kafka Impatience, Error, Procedure, Reflection, Thought, Mistakes“Don’t be too hasty, don’t take somebody else’s opinion without testing it.” Franz Kafka
Wisdom, Caution, Opinion, Advice, Philosophy, Patience
Franz Kafka Wisdom, Caution, Opinion, Advice, Philosophy, Patience“It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.” Franz Kafka
Ignorance And Confidence, Observing Human Nature, Critical Insights, Social Commentary, Psychological Depth, Wisdom Reflection
Franz Kafka Ignorance And Confidence, Observing Human Nature, Critical Insights, Social Commentary, Psychological Depth, Wisdom Reflection“The limited circle is pure.” Franz Kafka
Purity, Limitation, Focus, Simplicity, Self-Containment, Clarity
Franz Kafka Purity, Limitation, Focus, Simplicity, Self-Containment, Clarity“One stands painfully pinned against the wall, fearfully lowers one’s eyes to see the hand that pins and with a new pain that makes one forget the old, recognizes one’s own crooked hand, which holds you with a strength it never had for good work. One raises one’s head, again feels the first pain, again lowers one’s eyes and this up and down never ceases.” Franz Kafka
Pain, Struggle, Fear, Self, Strength, Emotion
Franz Kafka Pain, Struggle, Fear, Self, Strength, Emotion“Anyone who renounces the world must love all men, for he renounces their world too. He thus begins to have some inkling of the true nature of man, which cannot but be loved, always assuming that one is its peer.” Franz Kafka
Universal Love, Spiritual Perspective, Renunciation, Humanity, Understanding, Compassion
Franz Kafka Universal Love, Spiritual Perspective, Renunciation, Humanity, Understanding, Compassion