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Elias Canetti Quotes: "People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation."

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you."

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.




Elias Canetti Quotes: "All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams."

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.




Elias Canetti Quotes: "Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?"

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?



Elias Canetti Quotes: "His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations."

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.




Elias Canetti Quotes: "When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about"

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about



Elias Canetti Quotes: "There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown."

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave."

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "A head full of stars, just not in constellation yet."

A head full of stars, just not in constellation yet.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I."

Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I.




Elias Canetti Quotes: "It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said."

It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you."

Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster."

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight"

There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding."

Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Learning is the art of ignoring."

Learning is the art of ignoring.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves."

Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf"

Success listens only to applause. To all else it is deaf



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring."

The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Beauty always has something remote."

Beauty always has something remote.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "People's fates are simplified by their names."

People's fates are simplified by their names.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice."

A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. The well-adapted drop off the dead limb of time like lice.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind"

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."

Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else."

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence."

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Most religions do not make men better, only warier."

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless."

Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation."

One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."

The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."

The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "I try to imagine someone saying to Shakespeare, 'Relax!"

I try to imagine someone saying to Shakespeare, 'Relax!



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic."

You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "A child. . . opens and closes like a blossom."

A child. . . opens and closes like a blossom.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable."

There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it."

One should not confuse the craving for life with endorsement of it.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."

The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim."

Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes."

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?"

...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages"

Death is a scandal. The machine is functioning, we are all hostages



Elias Canetti Quotes: "He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it."

He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "You draw closer to truth by shutting yourself off from mankind."

You draw closer to truth by shutting yourself off from mankind.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair."

Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.



Elias Canetti Quotes: "Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently."

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.