Quotes by Franz Kafka
We found 18 quotes.
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A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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Evil is whatever distracts.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
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In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
Chech German-speaking writer 1883-1924
