A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Quote by Franz Kafka

Topics: Franz Kafka Quotes

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the world of one's triumph.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Who has the gift to recognize beauty, will not live long

Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet on the bottom...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but...

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

I do not read advertisements - I would spend all my time wanting things

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than...

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

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

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Isn't it only natural to leave a place where one is so bitterly hated?...The heroism...

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.