Tag: Franz Kafka

“I was ashamed of myself when I realised that life was a masquerade party, and I attended it with my true face.”

– Franz Kafka

“We are as forlorn as children lost in the woods. When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that are in me and what do I know of yours. And if I were to cast myself down before you and weep and tell you, what more would you know about me than you know about Hell when someone tells you it is hot and dreadful? For that reason alone we human beings ought to stand before one another as reverently, as reflectively, as lovingly, as we would before the entrance to Hell.”

― Franz Kafka

“I am free and that is why I am lost.”

– Franz Kafka

“Paths are made by walking”

– Franz Kafka

“They say ignorance is bliss…they’re wrong ”

– Franz Kafka

“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.”

– Franz Kafka

“All language is but a poor translation.”

– Franz Kafka

“I am a cage, in search of a bird.”

– Franz Kafka