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Jul 19, 2024 · “You can withdraw from the sufferings of the world — that possibility is open to you and accords with your nature — but perhaps that withdrawal is the only suffering you might be able to avoid.” ― Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms. Read more quotes from Franz Kafka. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends. Friends Who Liked This Quote.
Jul 6, 2024 · (?) “Leopards break into the temple and drink all the sacrificial vessels dry; it keeps happening; in the end, it can be calculated in advance and is incorporated into the ritual.” ― Franz Kafka, The Zürau Aphorisms. Read more quotes from Franz Kafka. Share this quote: Like Quote. Recommend to friends.
Jun 28, 2024 · Franz Kafka (The the Zürau Aphorisms) “Why did we pursue it? Because it was impossible.” Herbert Blau (The Dubious Spectacle) “Human cultures are about place: where to live, and home: how to live and with whom. In Western capitalist culture, home is where the money is. And place, increasingly, is an abstraction.”
Jul 19, 2024 · Check out 35 German quotes and proverbs that will give you new insights into the German language and culture. You'll learn that "wer A sagt, muss auch B sagen" is not about knowing the alphabet, but a saying used to describe that if you commit to something, you should commit to it all the way.
But we need books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is my belief.”. ― Franz Kafka.
Jul 11, 2024 · Voltaire's famous phrases, aphorisms and quotations from this French philosopher and novelist linked to the cultural movement of the Enlightenment of which he was one of the main exponents. Voltaire's aphorisms - We live in society; therefore there is no true good for us except what the good of society does.
Jul 10, 2024 · Aphorism definition. An aphorism is a concise and thought-provoking statement that expresses an important truth about life. Unlike proverbs, aphorisms are often attributed (or misattributed) to specific people such as authors, scientists, or politicians.
