“This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have to observe myself too; if none observe me, I have to observe myself all the closer.”

– Franz Kafka –

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“Life’s splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the… Continue reading →

“Writing is a sweet, wonderful reward”

– Franz Kafka –

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“Leopards break into the temple and drink the sacrificial chalices dry; this occurs repeatedly, again and again; finally it can be reckoned upon beforehand and becomes part of the ceremony.”

– Franz Kafka –

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“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”

– Hermann Hesse –

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“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

– Alfred Tennyson –

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“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson –

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“Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

– Hermann Hesse –

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“The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.”

– Percy Bysshe Shelley –

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“Philosophy begins in wonder.”

– Plato –

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