Elias Canetti Quotes
Top 60 wise famous quotes and sayings by Elias Canetti
Elias Canetti Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Elias Canetti on Wise Famous Quotes.
The business friend did not recognize the sewerman, which was not surprising as the man's face was no more than a shining turd.
Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.
Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.
A person often falls very ill in order to become someone else and then returns to health much disappointed.
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open arms into their misfortune?
There can be no Creator, simply because his grief at the fate of his creation would be inconceivable and unendurable.
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.
History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said.
The hand which scoops up the water is the first vessel. The fingers of both hands intertwined are the first basket. [p. 217]
One needs time to free oneself of wrong convictions. If it happens too suddenly, they go on festering.