Even that has its reason; it is often better to be in chains than to be free. — Franz Kafka

"Like a dog!" he said, it was as if the shame of it should outlive him.

They're talking about things of which they don't have the slightest understanding, anyway. It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

'...it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into a universal principle.In the Cathedral