It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgment by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.
~ Franz Kafka

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If you only followed the parables you yourselves would become parables and with that rid of all your daily cares.
~ Franz Kafka

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The Messiah will come only when he is no longer necessary; he will come only on the day after his arrival; he will come, not on the last day, but on the very last day.
~ Franz Kafka

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A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.
~ Franz Kafka

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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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