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Elias Canetti Quote

“The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.”

— Elias Canetti

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

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Hope

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Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.

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Happiness

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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.

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Courage

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There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching towards him, and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.

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Courage

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His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

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Wisdom

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

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Love

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