Quotes from Franz Kafka

A man doesn't need to fly to the sun, he needs only find a patch of clean earth, and crawl there, and let the sun shine on him.

By the time the lawyer had finished, K. had completely regained his composure; he even nodded emphatically at his final words, which reconfirmed his original conviction that the lawyer, now as always, was attempting to divert his attention from the main question by conveying general information having nothing to do with the matter at hand, which was what he had actually accomplished in K. case.

Când mai eram înc? mulÅ£umit,voiam s? fiu nemulÅ£umit,ÅŸi m? împingeam ,cu toate mijloacele pe care mi le oferea vremea ÅŸi condiÅ£ia mea înspre nemulÅ£umire;acum aÅŸ vrea mult s? m? port întoarce.AÅŸadar,am fost întodeauna nemulÅ£umit,chiar ÅŸi în nemulÅ£umirea mea.

If what was supposed to be destroyed in Paradise was destructible, then it can't have been decisive; however, if it was indestructible, then we are living in a false belief.

How unreasonable I'm being!

If you were to articulate it, who would be able to resist you? The great chorus of caninity would chime in with you, as if it had just been waiting for this moment.

Hace poco me preguntaste por qué decía que te tenía miedo. Como de costumbre, no supe qué contestarte, en parte, precisamente, por el miedo que me das, y en parte porque son demasiados los detalles que fundamentan ese miedo, muchos más de los que podría coordinar a medias mientras hablo. Su magnitud excede en mucho tanto mi memoria como mi entendimiento.

Committing suicide would be so irrational that even had he wished to, the irrationality of the act would have prevented him.

They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

The tremendous world I have in my head. But how free myself and free it without being torn to pieces. And a thousand times rather be torn to pieces than retain it in me or bury it.

Evil is an emanation of human consciousness at certain transitional points. It is not really the physical world that is illusion, but the Evil of it, which to our eyes constitutes, admittedly, the physical world.

Auch ich habe Dich sicher oft mit Worten gekränkt, aber dann wußte ich es immer, es schmerzte mich, aber ich konnte mich nicht beherrschen, das Wort nicht zurückhalten, aber ich bereute es schon, während ich es sagte.

There are two cardinal human sins from which all others derive: impatience and indolence.

This noble body, equipped with everything necessary, almost to the point of bursting, also appeared to carry freedom around with it. That seem to be located somewhere or other in its teeth, and its joy in living came with such strong passion from its throat that it was not easy for spectators to keep watching. But they controlled themselves, kept pressing around the cage, and had no desire to move on.

The Hunter has been turned into a butterfly. Do not laugh.

Yaz? deÄŸiÅŸmez ve görüÅŸler çoÄŸu zaman bu konudaki çaresizliÄŸin ifadesidir.

You don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary.

Can't you see two inches in front of your nose?

when you've been in this world for thirty years and had to make your way on your own, as has been my lot, you get hardened to surprises and don't take them too seriously.

Åžov?iala înaintea naÅŸterii.Dac? exist? într-adev?r metempsihoz?,atunci n-am ajuns pân? la treapta cea mai de jos.ViaÅ£a mea este ezitarea dinaintea naÅŸterii

I can't fashion myself into a different person who might be better suited to be his friend.

It's a mistake. How can any person in general be guilty? We're all human after all, each and every one of us.

you should talk less in general;

So wird es sein, nur daß man auch in Wirklichkeit heute und später selbst dastehen wird, mit einem Körper und einem wirklichen Kopf, also auch einer Stirn, um mit der Hand an sie zu schlagen.