Quotation by Franz Kafka

More Quotes From

Additional Sources

Dearest Father: Stories and Other Writings New York, Schocken Books (1954)Diaries: 1910-1913 New York, Schocken Books (1948)Diaries: 1910-1913, ed. Max Brod New York, Schocken Books (1948)Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors New York, Schocken Books (1977)quoted in Margarete Buber-Neumann, Milena (1989)

Related Subjects

lying (27) lies (24) knowledge (15) poets (15) poetry (15) science (15) reason (12) beauty (11) errors (10) philosophical (9)

The true way leads along a tightrope not stretched aloft but just above the ground. It seems designed more to trip one than to be walked along.

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (1883–1924), Czech novelist, short-story writer. (written Oct. 1917-Feb. 1918). The Collected Aphorisms, vol. 1, no. 1, Shorter Works, ed. and trans. by Malcolm Pasley (1973).

Cite this source Embed this quotation

Surprise me with a

The Columbia World of Quotations © 1996, Columbia University Press.
Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted by written agreement, the following are prohibited: copying substantial portions or the entirety of the work in machine readable form, making multiple printouts thereof, and other uses of the work inconsistent with U.S. and applicable foreign copyright and related laws.

Partners:Word Bloglines Citysearch The Daily Beast Ask Answers Ask Kids Life123 Reference Sendori