Franz Kafka Quotes about Guilt

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

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

Franz Kafka

Guiding Principles, Guilt, Doubted

Franz Kafka (2009). “The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories”, p.198, Schocken

We are sinful not only because we have eaten of the Tree of Knowledge, but also because we have not yet eaten of the Tree of Life. The state in which we are is sinful, irrespective of guilt.

Franz Kafka

Tree, Guilt, States

Franz Kafka (1991). “The Blue Octavo Notebooks”