Franz Kafka Quotes on Morality
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When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands to be believed.
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In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.
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Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.
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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.
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There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.
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Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.
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Evil is whatever distracts.
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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
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Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
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We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life.