"This perversion of the truth, familiar to..." - Quote by Franz Kafka
This perversion of the truth, familiar to the artist though it was, always unnerved him afresh and proved too much for him. What was a consequence of the premature ending of his fast was here presented as the cause of it! To fight against this lack of understanding, against a whole world of nonunderstanding, was impossible.
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“If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?”
“Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.”
“Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.”
More on Understanding
“We are accustomed to see men deride what they do not understand, and snarl at the good and beautiful because it lies beyond their sympathies”
“When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.”
“Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”