Franz Kafka on faith
“Even the merest gesture is holy if it is filled with faith.”
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The limited circle is pure.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka All language is but a poor translation.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka So eager are our people to obliterate the present.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka I can love only what I can place so high above me that I cannot reach it.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka It is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.’ ‘A melancholy conclusion,’ said K. ‘It turns lying into a universal principle.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Evil is whatever distracts.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Written kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka You misinterpret everything, even the silence.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka Just think how many thoughts a blanket smothers while one lies alone in bed, and how many unhappy dreams it keeps warm.
Franz KafkaFranz Kafka
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Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.
Martin LutherMartin Luther A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as righteous.
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Max LucadoMax Lucado You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.
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