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Franz Kafka Quotes

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 Kafka

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: Austrian
Born: July 3, 1883
Died: June 3, 1924

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

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

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

Religions get lost as people do.
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Not everyone can see the truth, but he can be it.
Franz Kafka

One of the first signs of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.
Franz Kafka

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
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