"I do not speak as I think,..." - Quote by Franz Kafka
I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness.
More by Franz Kafka
“Anyone who loves his neighbor within the limits of the world is doing no more and no less injustice than someone who loves himself within the limits of the world.”
“The limited circle is pure.”
“You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.”
More on Communication
“Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.”
“I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.”
“A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.”
More on Self
“But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.”
“Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.”
“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world.”