Quotes about Life by Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka Austrian poet

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.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom rung. My life is a hesitation before birth.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life.

Quote by Franz Kafka about life

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

Quote by Franz Kafka about life