You can hold yourself back

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Quotation by Franz Kafka:

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

Franz Kafka (more by this author)

1883-1924 (Age at death: 41 approx.)

Franz Kafka was a major fiction writer of the 20th century. He was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague, Bohemia (presently the Czech Republic), Austriaâ€“Hungary. His unique body of writingâ€”much of which is incomplete and which was mainly published posthumouslyâ€”is considered to be among the most influential in Western literature. (From Wikipedia)

Country: Czech Republic

Type: Prose
Context: Unknown

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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)