“Does not the latent feeling that much of their striving is to no purpose tend to infuse large quantities of sham into men’s work?”

On the hollowness that can enter effort · Diary

• Authenticity
• Purpose
• Work

“I have been an Official all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.”

Reflecting on the artificial gravity demanded by bureaucratic life · Diary

• Authenticity
• Society
• Work