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

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

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

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

Most religions do not make men better, only warier.

- 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

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

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

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

- Elias Canetti

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

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

- 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

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