Quotes by Canetti, Elias

There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He >>

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it >>

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of >>

Quotations about Self-knowledge

Self knowers always dwell in El Dorado; they drink from the fountain o >>

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, open >>

Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and >>

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.

Canetti, Elias