The Trial
Franz Kafka
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
“It would have been so pointless to kill himself that, even if he had wanted to, the pointlessness would have made him unable.”
“From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. That is the point that must be reached.”
“They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”
“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.”
“Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.”
“No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.”
“The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that makes us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that make us feel as though we were on the verge of suicide, lost in a forest remote from all human habitation.”
“The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.”
“But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak”
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human, death, existentialism, pointless, kafka, trial, guilty, human-condition, life, priest, logic, metamorphosis, suicide, mistakes
