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

More information about this quote

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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Elias Canetti about the unknown: “There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.”
Download
A quote by Elias Canetti about the unknown: “There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.”
Download
A quote by Elias Canetti about the unknown: “There is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown.”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1960s

I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been runnin' ever since
It's been a long, a long time comin'
But I know a change gon' come.

Sam Cooke

A Change Is Gonna Come

Listen to A Change Is Gonna Come at Amazon Listen to A Change Is Gonna Come at Amazon
Read the lyrics to this song at genius.com
More information about this quote
Topic
Civil rights Social progress Political progress
Speaker
Sam Cooke
Source
A Change Is Gonna Come
Medium
Song
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cooke, Sam. "A Change Is Gonna Come." Ain't That Good News. RCA Victor, 1964.

Another quote about Human nature

In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane.

Apocalypse Now

Watch Apocalypse Now at Amazon Watch Apocalypse Now at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Good and evil Human nature Vietnam War
Speaker
General R. Corman
Actor
G. D. Spradlin
Source
Apocalypse Now
Medium
Film
Genre
Psychological drama (film) War (film) Psychological drama War
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Apocolypse Now. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Omni Zoetrope, 1979.

Another quote originally in German

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

Buy Elective Affinities at Amazon Buy Elective Affinities at Amazon
Read Elective Affinities at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Marriage
Speaker
Mittler

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Elective Affinities
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 9.