Franz Kafka

Novelist

98 Quotes

Masa muda itu bahagia karena memiliki kapasitas untuk melihat kecantikan. Siapa saja yang menjaga kemampuan untuk melihat kecantikan itu akan tetap awet muda.

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

Dread of night. Dread of not-night.

There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

Jangan habiskan waktu Anda mencari penghalang. Mungkin tidak ada di sana.

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

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

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.

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

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.

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

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

Mulailah dengan apa yang benar, bukan dengan apa yang bisa diterima.

From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood.

My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

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

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

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