928 Quotes by Franz Kafka

For we are like tree trunks in the snow. In appearance they lie smoothly and a little push should be enough to set them rolling. No, it can’t be done, for they are firmly wedded to the ground. But see, even that is only appearance.

If they were shocked, then Gregor was no longer responsible.′ This passage betray’s Gregor’s premeditation and points to the idea that Gregor wanted to change into a monstrous vermin- something incapable of working in an office.

It’s sometimes quite astonishing that a single, average life is enough to encompass so much that it’s at all possible ever to have any success in one’s work here.

A man doesn’t need to fly to the sun, he need only find a patch of clean earth, and crawl there, and let the sun shine on him.

You can choose to be free, but it’s last decision you’ll ever make.

In the struggle between yourself and the world, hold the world’s coat.

For I underestimate myself, and that itself means an overestimation of others.

Sometimes I’m overcome with such an aversion to human beings that I can barely refrain from retching.

Everyone has his cross to bear.