Elias Canetti Professions : Novelist Born : July 25, 1905 Died : August 14, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 71 quotes by Elias Canetti Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you. Elias Canetti sitting animal funny All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. Elias Canetti dream helping inspirational 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 ugly dying earth I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become sadder, but enjoy living; become more serene, be happy in others; belong to no one, grow in everyone; love the best, comfort the worst; not even hate myself anymore. Elias Canetti hate happiness people 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 eye decision people When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about Elias Canetti pages should writing I cannot become modest; too many things burn in me; the old solutions are falling apart; nothing has been done yet with the new ones. So I begin, everywhere at once, as if I had a century ahead of me. Elias Canetti century done fall The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation. Elias Canetti literature writing night Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave. Elias Canetti advice Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding. Elias Canetti misunderstanding understanding There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. Elias Canetti men Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I. Elias Canetti english-words concentration language His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations. Elias Canetti constellations stars made It is important to say all the great thoughts again, without knowing that they have already been said. Elias Canetti important knowing said The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer. Elias Canetti honesty acceptance knowledge Speak as though it were the last sentence allowed you. Elias Canetti sentences lasts speak There is no doubt: the study of man is just beginning, at the same time that his end is in sight Elias Canetti doubt sight men The first effect of adjusting to other people is that one becomes boring. Elias Canetti adjusting boredom people Most religions do not make men better, only warier. Elias Canetti men religion It is always the enemy who started it, even if he was not the first to speak out, he was certainly planning it; and if he was not actually planning it, he was thinking of it; and, if he was not thinking of it, he would have thought of it. Elias Canetti speaks-out enemy thinking Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
