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.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

I like to make use of what I know

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.