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No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.
Franz Kafka
Man
Worth
One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.
Franz Kafka
Clarity
One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.
Franz Kafka
Victory
World
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Franz Kafka
Beginning
First
Understanding
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.
Franz Kafka
Opportunity
Lies
Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.
Franz Kafka
Being
Productivity
Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.
Franz Kafka
Positive
Suffering
World
Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
Franz Kafka
Existence
Infinite
Self
Spiritual
Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.
Franz Kafka
Love
Nature
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
Franz Kafka
Food
Time
Being
Questions
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka
Right
The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum.
Franz Kafka
Bible
World
The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.
Franz Kafka
Evolution
Nothing
Right
Spiritual
Religions get lost as people do.
Franz Kafka
People
Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.
Franz Kafka
Doubt
Mankind