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

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.
Elias Canetti

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
Elias Canetti

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.
Elias Canetti

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

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true.
Elias Canetti

Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
Elias Canetti

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about.
Elias Canetti