Justice begins with the recognition of the necessity of sharing. The oldest law is that which regulates it, and this is still themost important law today and, as such, has remained the basic concern of all movements which have at heart the community of human activities and of human existence in general.
Elias Canetti...how could I, fool that I am, go on sitting in my office, or here at home, instead of leaping onto a train with my eyes shut and opening them only when I am with you?
Elias CanettiThe process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
Elias CanettiIt is only in a crowd that man can become free of this fear of being touched. That is the only situation in which the fear changes into its oppositeโฆ The reversal of fear of being touched belongs to the nature of crowds. The feeling of relief is most striking where the density of the crowd is greatest
Elias Canetti