Quotes by Franz Kafka about Contentment

12 quotes by Franz Kafka about contentment

Franz Kafka Austrian poet

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all...

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

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Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't...

Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

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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...

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It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when you get invited to the party with the big boys, that is a unique selling point.

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May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as...

May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.

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Productivity is being able to do things that you were...

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved...

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

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The thorn bush is the old obstacle in the road. It must...

The thorn bush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

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Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.

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You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Quote by Franz Kafka about contentment

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...

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