Human judgment of human actions is true and void , that is to say, first true and then void.... The judgment of the word is true, the judgment in itself is void.... Only he who is a party can really judge, but as a party he cannot judge. Hence it follows that there is no possibility of judgment in the world, only a glimmer of it.

A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.

In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.

sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why your letter removes several uncertainties; I see you more clearly, the movements of your body, your hands, so quick, so resolute, it’s almost like a meeting.

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.