Evil Quotes by Franz Kafka

Evil is whatever distracts.

— Franz Kafka

Evil is the starry sky of the Good.

— Franz Kafka

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

— Franz Kafka

When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands to be believed.

— Franz Kafka

The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil.

— Franz Kafka

Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

— Franz Kafka

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world,…

— Franz Kafka

“Evil does not exist; once you have crossed the threshold, all is good. Once in another world, you must hold your tongue.”

— Franz Kafka

We live in an age which is so possessed by demons, that soon we shall only be able to do goodness and…

— Franz Kafka

“Evil has ways of surprising one. Suddenly it turns round and says: “You have misunderstood me,” and perhaps it really is so.…

— Franz Kafka

In Paradise, as always: that which causes the sin and that which recognizes it for what it is are one. The clear…

— Franz Kafka

Evil is the radiation of the human consciousness in certain transitional positions. It is not actually the sensual world that is amere…

— Franz Kafka

One of the most effective means of seduction that Evil has is the challenge to struggle. It is like the struggle with…

— Franz Kafka

The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil. The animal wrests the…

— Franz Kafka

Everything is deception: seeking the minimum of illusion, keeping within the ordinary limitations, seeking the maximum. In the first case one cheats…

— Franz Kafka

When one has once accepted and absorbed Evil, it no longer demands the unfitness of the means. The ulterior motives with which…

— Franz Kafka