Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. Franz Kafka More Quotes by Franz Kafka More Quotes From Franz Kafka Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive. Franz Kafka world-suffering depression positive True undoubting is the teacher's part, continual undoubting the part of the pupil. Franz Kafka pupils students teacher What is gayer than believing in a household god? Franz Kafka belief god believe We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so. Franz Kafka tears literature wings If all responsibility is imposed on you, then you may want to exploit the moment and want to be overwhelmed by the responsibility;yet if you try, you will notice that nothing was imposed on you, but that you are yourself this responsibility. Franz Kafka responsibility self trying This morning, for the first time in a long time, the joy again of imagining a knife twisted in my heart. Franz Kafka knives heart morning If they were shocked, then Gregor had no further responsibility and could be calm. But if they took everything calmly, he he, too, had no reason to get excited and could, if he hurried, actually be at the station by eight o'clock. Franz Kafka calm eight responsibility Was he an animal, that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light. Franz Kafka light animal moving It receives you when you come and dismisses you when you go. Franz Kafka When K. looked at the castle, often it seemed to him as if he were observing someone who sat quietly there in front of him gazing, not lost in thought and so oblivious of everything, but free and untroubled, as if he were alone with nobody to observe him, and yet must notice that he was observed, and all the same remained with his calm not even slightly disturbed; and really - one did not know whether it was cause or effect - the gaze of the observer could not remain concentrated there, but slid away. Franz Kafka castles gazing causes He thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath. Franz Kafka light reflection morning The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write. Franz Kafka powerful writing people The notion of the infinite expanse and copiousness of the cosmos is the result of the mixture, carried to the extreme limit, of laborious creation and free self-determination. Franz Kafka cosmos determination self It requires enormous presence of mind or rather quickness of wit, when opening your eyes to seize hold as it were of everything in the room at exactly the same place where you had let it go on the previous evening. That is why the moment of waking up was the riskiest moment of the day. Once that was well over without deflecting you from your orbit, you could take heart of grace for the rest of the day. Franz Kafka presence-of-mind eye heart 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 body literature crosses There they lay, but not in the forgetfulness of the previous night. She was seeking and he was seeking, they raged and contorted their faces and bored their heads into each others bosom in the urgency of seeking something, and their embraces and their tossing limbs did not avail to make them forget, but only reminded them of what they sought Franz Kafka bored faces night The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary, he will come only one day after his arrival, he will not come on the last day, but on the last day of all. Franz Kafka redemption one-day lasts You too have weapons. Franz Kafka weapons There's an infinite amount of hope but not for us. Franz Kafka amount infinite You are free, and that is why you are lost. Franz Kafka
