10 Franz Kafka Quotes on Morality

Franz Kafka quotes on morality

18. When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands to be believed.

20. In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

22. Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

34. 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.

67. There was once a community of scoundrels, that is to say, they were not scoundrels, but ordinary people.

74. Ours is a lost generation, it may be, but it is more blameless than those earlier generations.

85. Evil is whatever distracts.

100. My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.

106. Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

115. 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.