We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.
Franz KafkaNo matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still wonโt see a thing.".
Franz KafkaHe thought back on his family with deep emotion and love. His conviction that he would have to disappear was, if possible, even firmer than his sister's. He remained in this state of empty and peaceful reflection until the tower clock struck three in the morning. He still saw that outside the window everything was beginning to grow light. Then, without his consent, his head sank down to the floor, and from his nostrils streamed his last weak breath.
Franz KafkaThe truth is always an abyss. One must โ as in a swimming pool โ dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again โ laughing and fighting for breath โ to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.
Franz Kafka