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Quotes from The Blue Octavo Notebooks — Franz Kafka

1883–1924 Austria

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The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

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.

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

The thornbush is old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

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

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

Religions get lost as people do.

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

Evil knows of the Good, but Good does not know of Evil. Knowledge of oneself is something only Evil has. - The First Octavo Notebook

The Blue Octavo Notebooks (1954)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Franz Kafka (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.