{"id":174331,"date":"2022-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/?p=174331"},"modified":"2022-01-16T21:12:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T18:12:35","slug":"12-quotes-on-man-and-progress-from-kafkas-aphorisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/en\/12-quotes-on-man-and-progress-from-kafkas-aphorisms","title":{"rendered":"12 Quotes on Man and Progress from Kafka&#8217;s Aphorisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nImage coverImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/vh72yr.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">Kafka is a master of literature who depicts the souls of loneliness, alienation and meaninglessness. I have compiled some examples of human and progress from his Aphorisms, one of the rare completed works he left behind.<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nHR\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>1) \u201cAll human error arises from impatience, from the premature interruption of the purposeful, and from the so-called fence of the so-called problem.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>2) \u201cAfter a certain point, there is no going back anymore. This is where we need to reach.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>3) \u201cIf you are walking on a straight road, if you still go backwards despite all the desire to move forward, then it would be a hopeless situation; but since you are climbing a steep slope as you can see from below, the backward slip of your steps may be due to the nature of the ground. You must not despair.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>4) \u201cHappiness is realizing that the ground you step on cannot be greater than the one covered by your two feet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>5) \u201cHow can a person enjoy life if he does not take shelter in it?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>6) \u201cA stair rung that is not pitted by steps is merely a piece of wood so joined together by the rung itself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>7) \u201cThe pleasures of this life are not the pleasures of life itself, but our fear of ascending to a higher life; The torments of this life are not the torments of life itself, but the torment we inflict on ourselves because of this fear.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nImage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ceotudent.com\/wp-content\/images\/post\/user-5\/9bj2e0.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>8) \u201cDon&#8217;t waste your time looking for an obstacle. Maybe there are no barriers at all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>9) \u201cTheoretically, there is a possibility of complete happiness: believing that there is an indestructible being within us and not striving to attain it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>10) &#8220;The first sign that wisdom begins is the will to die.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>11) &#8220;To shut out is essentially to open inward. Do you want peace? Few things, few people.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"line nText\">\n<blockquote><p>12) \u201cMan gets up, falls back, gets up again, and so on.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kafka is a master of literature who depicts the souls of loneliness, alienation and meaninglessness. 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