How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.

Quote by Franz Kafka

Topics: Franz Kafka Quotes

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

This inescapable duty to observe oneself: if someone else is observing me, naturally I have...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do...

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth.

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

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

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

Hesitation before birth. If there is a transmigration of souls then I am not yet...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses...

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them.

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between...

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.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

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.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you...

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

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

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

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of...

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.