24 Quotations by Elias Canetti
- 1. A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. Th ...
![A 'modern' man has nothing to add to modernism, if only because he has nothing to oppose it with. Th .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The c ...
![Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The c .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
![All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
![As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk up ...
![Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk up .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.
![He who is obsessed by death is made guilty by it.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. Most religions do not make men better, only warier.
![Most religions do not make men better, only warier.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
![One should use praise to recognize what one is not.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.
![Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. 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.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
![Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.. Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpec ...
![The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpec .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. O ...
![The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. O .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it ...
![The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in ...
![The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to ...
![The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to .... Elias Canetti.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. 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.](/img/view.gif)
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