Rising out of misery ought to be easy, even with energy summoned by an act of will.
Franz Kafka
New English translation prepared for this collection from the German original.
Resolve
A quote by Franz Kafka
From the source
Contemplation (Betrachtung), “Entschlüsse” (Resolutions), page 32.
German text: Betrachtung, Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1913 title page; printed November 1912.
The narrator’s opening assertion is questioned by the rest of this short piece.
Original German
Aus einem elenden Zustand sich zu erheben, muß selbst mit gewollter Energie leicht sein.