# I am free and that is why I am lost.... | Franz Kafka Quote

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> I am free and that is why I am lost.

## What This Quote Means

Honesty with ourselves is the first step toward honesty with others.

## About Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka was a Czech-Austrian writer known for his surreal and existentially troubled fiction.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) wrote fiction that transformed feelings of alienation and anxiety into haunting literary art.

## How to Apply This Wisdom

### Honest inventory

Be truthful with yourself about one area where you have been in denial.

### Speak truth

Share an honest thought that you have been holding back.

### Seek truth

Question one assumption you have been taking for granted.

## Reflection Questions

- Where am I being less than honest with myself?

- What truth am I avoiding that could set me free?

- How does living truthfully affect my relationships?

## More Quotes by Franz Kafka

> A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

> Don''t bend; don''t water it down; don''t try to make it logical; don''t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

> Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

> In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world.

> By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it.