Karl Kraus
A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.Collection: Emptiness
My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once.Collection: Reading
Nationalism is the love which ties me to the blockheads of my country, to the insultors of my way of life, and to the desecrators of my language.Collection: Country
Language is the only chimera whose illusory power is endless, the inexhaustibility which keeps life from being impoverished. Let men learn to serve language.Collection: Men
The blind won't admit that I have eyes in my head, and the deaf say that I'm dumb.Collection: Communication
When I want to go to sleep, I must first get a whole menagerie of voices to shut up. You wouldn't believe what a racket they make in my room.Collection: Believe
The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.Collection: People
Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.Collection: Effort
To be human is erroneous.Collection: Errors
The difference between psychiatrists and other mentally disturbed people is something like the relationship between concave and convex madness.Collection: Differences
Since the law prohibits the keeping of wild animals and I get no enjoyment from pets, I prefer to remain unmarried.Collection: Marriage
Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.Collection: People
Wo nehm ich nur all die Zeit her, so viel nicht zu lesen?Collection: Reading