Franz Kafka, 1883 - 1924
Born: 3 July 1883, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian-Hungary
Died: 3 June 1924, Kierling, First Austrian Republic (near Vienna)
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- A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. permalink
Franz Kafka - Aphorisms (1918) - A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us. permalink
Franz Kafka - letter to Oskar Pollak (27 January 1904) - A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die. permalink
Franz Kafka - A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity. permalink
Franz Kafka - All human errors are impatience, the premature breaking off of what is methodical, an apparent fencing in of the apparent thing. permalink
Franz Kafka - Aphorisms (1918) - All language is but a poor translation. permalink
Franz Kafka - Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go of the earth. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 21 November 1917 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954) - 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. permalink
Franz Kafka - Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. permalink
Franz Kafka - Anyone who loves his neighbor within the limits of the world is doing no more and no less injustice than someone who loves himself within the limits of the world. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 9 December 1917 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954) - Anyone who renounces the world must love all men, for he renounces their world too. He thus begins to have some inkling of the true nature of man, which cannot but be loved, always assuming that one is its peer. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 9 December 1917 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954) - As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis (1915) - Association with human beings lures one into self-observation. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 2 January 1918 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954) - Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 4 December 1917 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954) - Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. That is not the sort of belief that indicates real faith. permalink
Franz Kafka - The Third Notebook, 4 December 1917 - The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)
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