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

Nichts fϋrchetet der Mensch mehr als die Berϋhrung durch Unbekanntes.

Elias Canetti

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Topic

The unknown Human nature

Author

Elias Canetti

Source

Crowds and Power

Genre

Political literature

Language

German

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Citation

Canetti, Elias. Masse und Macht [Mass and Power]. Claassen-Verlag, 1960.

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Even if it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go on out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures; sweep streets like Handel and Beethoven composed music; sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry; (Go ahead) sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say, "Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Topic
Doing a good job Vocation
Speaker
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Medium
Sermon
Language
English
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "The Three Dimensions of a Complete Life." 9 April 1967, New Convenant Baptist Church, Chicago, IL, USA. Sermon.

Another quote about Human nature

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Walt Whitman

Song of Myself

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Topic
Contradiction Inconsistency Human nature

Author

Walt Whitman
Source
Song of Myself Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1855 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, poem 1.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. "Song of Myself." Leaves of Grass and Other Writings. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, sect. 51.

Another quote originally in German

We need in love to practice only this:
Letting each other go. For holding on
Comes easily; we do not need to learn it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Relationships Letting go

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
German
Time
1909 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Requiem fur eine Freundin [Requiem for a Friend]. c. 1908.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. "Requiem for a Friend." The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by Stephen Mitchell. Vintage, 1989.