Franz Kafka

The greatest obstacle to progress is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.

The truth is always an abyss. One must be careful in approaching it, both by not falling into it and by not being swallowed by it.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.

Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.

In a way, you are poetry material; You are ready to be transformed into something beautiful.

There is an infinite amount of hope in the universe... but not for us.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, a man can create it.

The true way is along a rope that is not stretched at any great height but only a little above the ground, so that one seems more likely to trip over it than to walk along it.

One must not cheat anybody, not even the insane.