Quotes by Franz Kafka
68 quotes by Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka - austrian poet
Was born on 03 jul 1883.
Died on 03 jun 1924, at 40 years old.
Died on 03 jun 1924, at 40 years old.
Origin country: Austria
Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about suffering, world
A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about beginning, wish, death
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about action, state, thinking, man
All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about error, human imperfections
Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about proudness, vanity
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.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about despair, destiny, life
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about ability, beauty, old, olderness
Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about self-control, human imperfections
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.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about opinion, liberty, earth
Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about progress
By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about contentment
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about imagination
Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about despair, contentment
Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
FQuote by Franz Kafka about revolution
