Franz Kafka Quote

There is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise; because of impatience we cannot return.

Collected Aphorisms no. 3, in Shorter Works vol. 1 (1973)

There is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise; because of impatience we cannot return.

There is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise; because of impatience we cannot return.

There is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise; because of impatience we cannot return.

There is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise; because of impatience we cannot return.