Franz Kafka

The truth is a dream, and it is not always easy to realize.

The truth is a mirror, and it reflects back to you what you are.

The truth is always an abyss. One must be careful in approaching it, lest one fall in.

All writing is a form of prayer.

The man who does not learn to fly, but to walk, has not learned to live.

The decisive moment of human development is a continuous one. That is why the revolutionary movements are right in their impatience, for they are only anticipating what is already there.

The spiritual world is not a world of ideas, but a world of things.

The chains of suffering are forged by the hands of men.

The world is a machine for grinding out souls.

One must not cheat the world of its pain; one must not cheat oneself of one's pain.

The man who does not know how to live, does not know how to die.

The greatest joy is to be alone.

The only way to escape the prison of the self is to become a prisoner of the world.

The world is a stage, and we are merely players.

The world is a mirror, and we see ourselves in it.

The world is a labyrinth, and we are lost in it.

The world is a riddle, and we are the answer.

The world is a wound, and we are the healers.

The world is a song, and we are the singers.

The world is a dance, and we are the dancers.