Franz Kafka Quotes

Most popular Franz Kafka Quotes

Books are a narcotic. - Franz Kafka quote.
Books are a narcotic.
— Franz Kafka Conversations with Kafka

books

Religions get lost as people do. - Franz Kafka quote.
Religions get lost as people do.
— Franz Kafka The Blue Octavo Notebooks

religion

A book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us. - Franz Kafka quote.
A book must be the ax for the frozen sea inside us.
— Franz Kafka
A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us. - Franz Kafka quote.
A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.
— Franz Kafka

books

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. - Franz Kafka quote.
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
— Franz Kafka

beauty

A book should serve as an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us. - Franz Kafka quote.
A book should serve as an ice-axe to break the frozen sea within us.
— Franz Kafka

books

As far as I have seen, at school...they aimed at blotting out one's individuality. - Franz Kafka quote.
As far as I have seen, at school...they aimed at blotting out one's individuality.
— 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 quote.
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

meditation solitude

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

reality