Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you. Elias Canetti Read Quote
Rulers who want to unleash war know very well that they must procure or invent a first victim. Elias Canetti Read Quote
The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand. Elias Canetti Read Quote
Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. Elias Canetti Read Quote
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well. Elias Canetti Read Quote
As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn’t know the bad he might do. Elias Canetti Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long. Elias Canetti Read Quote
