Let me remind you of the old maxim: people under suspicion are better moving than at rest, since at rest they may be sitting in the balance without knowing it, being weighed together with their sins.

Quote by Franz Kafka

Topics: Franz Kafka Quotes

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself...

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...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

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...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize...

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

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.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen....

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

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

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and...

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.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the...

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

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.