Franz Kafka Quotes
-
We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.
-
I no longer know If I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.
-
The truth is always an abyss.
-
Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go of the earth.
-
There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.
-
You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.
-
Evil is whatever distracts.
-
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
-
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
-
In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
-
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.
-
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?
-
We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.
-
A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief."
-
Previously I did not understand why I got no answer to my question; today I do not understand how I could believe I was capable of asking. But I didn’t really believe, I only asked.
-
One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
-
Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.
-
The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us.
-
People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.
-
Plenty of hope - for God - no end of hope - only not for us.
-
I am free and that is why I am lost.
-
The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.
-
No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.
-
I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.