Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 54
He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 3
I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 3
It is often safer to be in chains than to be free. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 3
Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 3
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 1
You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 1
Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
In the fight between you and the world, back the world. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
In the struggle between yourself and the world second the world. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth. Franz Kafka Austrian Novelist More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0
If it had been possible to build the Tower of Babel without climbing it, it would have been permitted. Franz Kafka Austrian Poet More Franz Kafka Quotes 0