My doubts stand in a circle around every word, I see them before I see the word, but what then! I do not see the word at all, I invent it. Franz Kafka More Quotes by Franz Kafka More Quotes From Franz Kafka It is comforting to reflect that the disproportion of things in the world seems to be only arithmetical. Franz Kafka seemscomfortingworld The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving. Franz Kafka strengthprayermen The Messiah will only come when he is no longer needed. Franz Kafka human-natureneededreligious Every dog has like me the impulse to question, and I have like every dog the impulse not to answer. Franz Kafka impulsedoganswers We were created in order to live in Paradise, and Paradise was ordained to serve us. Franz Kafka fateorderreligion How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge? Franz Kafka delightliteratureworld Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light. Franz Kafka guillotineheavylight My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. Franz Kafka doubtedguiding-principlesguilt I believe that we should read only those books that bite and sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why read it? Franz Kafka blowbelievebook Anyone who loves his neighbor within the limits of the world is doing no more and no less injustice than someone who loves himself within the limits of the world. Franz Kafka limitsloveworld The cruelty of death lies in the fact that it brings the real sorrow of the end, but not the end. The greatest cruelty of death: an apparent end causes a real sorrow. Our salvation is death, but not this one. Franz Kafka reallifedeath The man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with the elements. Franz Kafka armsmenfirsts In one and the same human being there are cognitions that, however utterly dissimilar they are, yet have one and the same object,so that one can only conclude that there are different subjects in one and the same human being. Franz Kafka cognitionexperiencedifferent Nervous states of the worst sort control me without pause. Everything that is not literature bores me and I hate it. I lack all aptitude for family life except, at best, as an observer. I have no family feeling and visitors make me almost feel as though I were maliciously being attacked. Franz Kafka hateliteraturefeelings Like tired dogs they stand there, because they use up all their strength in remaining upright in one's memory. Franz Kafka tireddogmemories But questions that don’t answer themselves at the very moment of their asking are never answered. Franz Kafka momentsaskinganswers Evil is the radiation of the human consciousness in certain transitional positions. It is not actually the sensual world that is amere appearance; what is so is the evil of it, which, admittedly, is what constitutes the sensual world in our eyes. Franz Kafka eyesensualevil The existence of the writer is an argument against the existence of the soul, for the soul has obviously taken flight from the real ego, but not improved itself, only become a writer. Franz Kafka egotakenreal The whole visible world is perhaps nothing more than the rationalization of a man who wants to find peace for a moment. Franz Kafka wantmenworld The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil. Franz Kafka knowinganimalorder
