Author: Elias Canetti

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- Elias Canetti

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

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

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

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

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

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

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