Religions get lost as people do.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Kafka draws a parallel between religions and people, suggesting both are lost over time through the same process of disappearing.
- In plain terms
- Religions disappear just like people do.
- What can you take from it?
- Religions fade away naturally over time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What religions are disappearing?
- Does all culture eventually fade?
Another view
Some religions persist for thousands of years.
More from Franz Kafka
(21 November 1917) Variant translation: Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one cannot see any stars.
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Permalink to quote #71 Anyone who believes cannot experience miracles. By day one does not see any stars. Anyone who does miracles says: I cannot let go of the earth.
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