Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.
Franz Kafka

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.
Franz Kafka

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.
Franz Kafka

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Franz Kafka

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.
Franz Kafka

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
Franz Kafka

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
Franz Kafka