Quote #31

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

More from Franz Kafka

  1. In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world.
  2. There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil …
  3. The mediation by the serpent was necessary: Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
  4. There are questions we could not get past if we were not set free from them by our very nature.
  5. Man cannot live without a permanent trust in something indestructible in himself, though both the indestructible element and the trust may …
  6. One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.
  7. Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. That is not the sort of belief that indicates real faith.
  8. The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty.

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