Saul Bellow Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Saul Bellow quotes, Saul Bellow sayings, and Saul Bellow proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. Saul Bellow
Anxiety destroys scale, and suffering makes us lose perspective. Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow
Boredom is the conviction that you can't change'the shriek of unused capacities. Saul Bellow
In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to keep it open, to have access to the deepest part of ourselves. Saul Bellow
A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him. Saul Bellow
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. Saul Bellow
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. Saul Bellow
A man should be able to hear, and to bear, the worst that could be said of him. Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep. Saul Bellow
Boredom is the conviction that you can't change. The shriek of unused capacities. Saul Bellow
I think New York is not the cultural center of America, but the business and administrative center of American culture. Saul Bellow
I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood. Saul Bellow
Art has to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. Saul Bellow
The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence. Saul Bellow
Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language Saul Bellow
Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps. Saul Bellow
A plan relieves you of the torment of choice. Saul Bellow
Psychoanalysis pretends to investigate the Unconscious. The Unconscious by definition is what you are not conscious of. But the Analysts already know what's in it. They should, because they put it all in beforehand. It's like an Easter Egg hunt. Saul Bellow
Humankind struggles with collective powers for its freedom, the individual struggles with dehumanization for the possession of his soul. Saul Bellow
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
Unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing. Saul Bellow
We do not remember days; we remember moments. Saul Bellow
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance. Saul Bellow
The lawns looked artificial, like green excelsior or packing material. Saul Bellow
Her words showered down upon us like little glass pellets. Saul Bellow
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. Saul Bellow
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