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The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty.

The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty.

Franz Kafka
Spiritual, Giving, World
Franz Kafka (1954). “Wedding preparations in the country: and other posthumous prose writings. With notes by Max Brod”

The fact that our task is exactly commensurate with our life gives it the appearance of being infinite.

Franz Kafka
Giving, Tasks, Literature
Franz Kafka (1991). “The Blue Octavo Notebooks”

Nothing, you know, gives the body greater satisfaction than ordering people about, or at least believing in one's ability to do so.

Franz Kafka
Believe, People, Giving
Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Felice”, p.86, Schocken

I stand on the end platform of the tram and am completely unsure of my footing in this world, in this town, in my family. Not even casually could I indicate any claims that I might rightly advance in any direction. I have not even any defense to offer for standing on this platform, holding on to this strap, letting myself be carried along by this tram, nor for the people who give way to the tram or walk quietly along or stand gazing into shop windows. Nobody asks me to put up a defense, indeed, but that is irrelevant.

Franz Kafka
People, Giving, Defense
Franz Kafka (2009). “The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories”, p.35, Schocken

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