Direct thy attention to what is said. Let thy understanding enter into the things that are doing and the things which do them. Book VII
To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general. Human, All Too Human
"For some reason, the tall, empty room where he was forced to remain made him feel uneasy as he lay there flat on the floor, even though he had been living in it for five years." Metamorphosis and Other Stories
No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself. The Winter of Our Discontent
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