The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka 2022, edited by Reiner Stach
In 1917 and 1918, Franz Kafka wrote a set of more than 100 aphorisms, known as the Zürau aphorisms, after the Bohemian village in which he composed them. Among the most mysterious of Kafka's writings, they explore philosophical questions about truth, good and evil, and the spiritual and sensory world.
"Der wahre Weg geht über ein Seil, das nicht in der Höhe gespannt ist, sondern knapp über dem Boden. Es scheint mehr bestimmt stolpern zu machen, als begangen zu werden."
"The true path leads along a rope stretched, not high in the air, but barely above the ground. It seems designed more for stumbling than for walking along it."