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Franz Kafka was an Austrian novelist whose surreal and thought-provoking works, including The Metamorphosis and The Trial, have had a profound impact on literature and philosophy. Kafka's writing delves into the struggles of the individual in an often oppressive and incomprehensible world, exploring themes of alienation, guilt, and the quest for meaning. His works inspire readers to confront the complexities of existence and embrace the power of introspection and self-reflection. Kafka's legacy challenges writers to create deeply personal works that resonate universally, inspiring a deeper understanding of the human psyche.

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

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

Politics, Bureaucracy, Revolution

100

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

"Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."

Beauty, Ability, Old

1

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

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

Positive, Suffering, World

2

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

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

Food, Time, Being, Questions

44

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

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

Independence, Possibilities

3

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

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

Beginning, Idleness, Vice

2

"Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms."

"Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms."

Life, Marriage, Woman

1

"Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency."

"Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency."

Optimism, First, Vanity

"How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?"

"How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?"

5

"The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum."

"The Bible is a sanctum; the world, sputum."

9

"Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair."

"Don't despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair."

4

"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them."

"God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them."

1

"Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it."

"Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it."

1

"The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc."

"The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc."

Life, Experience, Emotion, Mind

1

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

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

Individuality, Footsteps, Wood

3

"He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found."

"He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found."

1

"In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing."

"In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing."

Love, Argument, Nothing, Songs

1

"Dread of night. Dread of not-night."

"Dread of night. Dread of not-night."

2

"No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth."

"No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth."

18

"Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted."

"Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted."

Earth, Liberty, Opinion

45

"The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving."

"The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving."

Strength, Man, Prayer

37

"If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?"

"If I shall exist eternally, how shall I exist tomorrow?"

Reflection, Tomorrow

43

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."

Choice, Ecstasy, Feet, Quiet

56

"I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy."

"I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy."

Emotional, Feeling

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