Saul Bellow Quotes


If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things. Saul Bellow Women 174
Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love. Saul Bellow Goodness 91
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow Libraries 90
He didnt ask Where will you spend eternity as religious theendisnear picketers did but rather With what in this modern democracy will you meet the demands of your soul Saul Bellow Democracy 87
Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. Saul Bellow Body 82
There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings are, who we are and what this life is for. Saul Bellow Life 81
One thoughtmurder a day keeps the psychiatrist away. Saul Bellow Psychology 74
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow Intelligence 71
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. Saul Bellow Oppression 69
People dont realize how much they are in the grip of ideas. We live among ideas much more than we live in nature. Saul Bellow Insightful 66
There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war. Saul Bellow Evil 64
No realistic, sane person goes around Chicago without protection. Saul Bellow Chicago 63
A man should be able to hear and to bear the worst that could be said of him. Saul Bellow Maturity 60
She was what we used to call a suicide blonde – dyed by her own hand. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 57
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life. Saul Bellow Balanced 55
Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. Saul Bellow Artist 55
A man is only as good as what he loves. Saul Bellow Love 54
We are always looking for the book it is necessary to read next. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 53
The flesh would shrink and go the blood would dry but no one believes in his mind of minds or heart of hearts that the pictures do stop. Saul Bellow Realization 51
What is art but a way of seeing? Saul Bellow art 51
Bringing people into the hereandnow. The real universe. Thats the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is realthe hereandnow. Seize the day. Saul Bellow Present 49
In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries. Saul Bellow Love 49
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Saul Bellow Anything 49
Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 48
New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization about Sodom and Gomorrah the end of the world. The end wouldnt come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it. Saul Bellow New york city 47
I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 46
I think that New York is not the cultural centre of America, but the business and administrative centre of American culture. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 41
Live or die but dont poison everything. Saul Bellow Dying 41
What is art but a way of seeing? Saul Bellow Art 39
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception. Saul Bellow 38
I'm glad I haven't lived in vain. Saul Bellow Uncategorized 36
There is no limit to the amount of intelligence invested in ignorance when the need for illusion runs deep. Saul Bellow Human nature 35
Associate with the noblest people you can find read the best books live with the mighty but learn to be happy alone. Saul Bellow Reading 35
At times I feel like a socket that remembers its tooth. Saul Bellow Loneliness 35
Any artist should be grateful for a na?ve grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately. Saul Bellow Art 34
The old continued to have one resurgence of foolishness after another until the organism gave out altogether. Saul Bellow Aging 33
Boredom is the conviction that you cant change ... the shriek of unused capacities. Saul Bellow Boredom 32
All human accomplishment has this same origin, identically. Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination! It converts to actual. It sustains, it alters, it redeems! Saul Bellow Imagination 30
You have to have the power to employ pain to repent to be illuminated you must have the opportunity and even the time. Saul Bellow Pain 29

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