The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.
Franz KafkaWe are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.
Franz KafkaUtterance does not in principle mean a weakening of conviction--that would not be anything to be deplored--but a weakness of conviction.
Franz KafkaI can prove at any time that my education tried to make another person out of me than the one I became. It is for the harm, therefore, that my educators could have done me in accordance with their intentions that I reproach them; I demand from their hands the person I now am, and since they cannot give him to me, I make of my reproach and laughter a drumbeat sounding in the world beyond.
Franz Kafka