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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The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened.
~ Franz Kafka

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I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for?
~ Franz Kafka

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One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
~ Franz Kafka

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So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
~ Franz Kafka

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All human errors are impatience, the premature breaking off of what is methodical, an apparent fencing in of the apparent thing.
~ Franz Kafka

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If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it?
~ Franz Kafka

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How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense.
~ Franz Kafka

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Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.
~ Franz Kafka

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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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