Elias Canetti Quotes

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate.

Happiness is loving your enemies.

You meet people who are in pain in life and love and you forgive them for behaving the way they do.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.

Peace will be when you accept it in your heart.

My aim in life is not to judge.

A true man hates no one.

Sometimes you feel like the people who invest in hate are winning. Then you just want to talk about love and what it really means to love yourself.

The door to my heart opens inward. I move through forgiveness to love.

Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations.

For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is essential, and for that, and enemy is indispinsable. So we should be grateful to our enemies, for it is they who can best help us to develop a tranquil mind.

I saw that we're all doing the best we can. This is how a lifetime of humility begins.

I can’t hate people for making judgment on me, or making a decision of liking me or not liking me. All I can do is try to better as a person. And I’m good with knowing everything isn’t always going to be perfect.

Sometimes I wonder if we don't see Christ's love as much in the people he tolerated as in the pain he endured.

...when people we love make choices, we don't always understand them. But we can go on loving them, just the same. It isn't a matter of comprehension. It's forgiveness.

Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.

When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

Compassion, tolerance, forgiveness and a sense of self-discipline are qualities that help us lead our daily lives with a calm mind

We're a new generation of people. We need to be happy. We need to love each other. We need to accept each other for who we are and stop judging each other. Live life and love. Stop judging just to keep yourself secure. Look deeper. There's always something deeper than what it is.

Live in joy and love even among those who hate; live in joy and peace even among the troubled.

The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.