Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, though both the indestructible element and the trust may remain permanently hidden from him.
~ Franz Kafka

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Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.
~ Franz Kafka

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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.
~ Franz Kafka

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Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.
~ Franz Kafka

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Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has.
~ Franz Kafka

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