"The cruelty of death lies in the..." - Quote by Franz Kafka

“Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it.”

“I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance.”

“Art flies around truth, but with the definite intention of not getting burnt. Its capacity lies in finding in the dark void a place where the beam of light can be intensely caught, without this having been perceptible before.”

“Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.”

“Thou know'st 'tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.”

“Last words are for those fools who believe they have not yet said enough.”

“To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.”

“Kindness consents very readily to the removal of its object – we have all met people whose kindness to animals is constantly leading them to kill animals lest they should suffer. Kindness, merely as such, cares not whether its object becomes good or bad, provided only that it escapes suffering.”

“The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness and partiality. It reminds us there is little to be gained from being kind and generous while hoping to win something in return. Actions motivated by a desire to earn a good name for ourselves are still selfish, even if they appear to be acts of kindness.”