Emile M. Cioran
Quotes by Emile M. Cioran
The desire to die was my one and only concern to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
— Emile M. Cioran
Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.
— Emile M. Cioran
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
— Emile M. Cioran
Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.
— Emile M. Cioran
Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
— Emile M. Cioran
No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.
— Emile M. Cioran
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
— Emile M. Cioran
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs once acquired it can imprison us.
— Emile M. Cioran
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?
— Emile M. Cioran
To act is to anchor in an imminent future, so imminent it becomes almost tangible to act is to feel you are consubstantial with that future.
— Emile M. Cioran
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
— Emile M. Cioran
To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.
— Emile M. Cioran
We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have the hope of someday meeting someone worse off than ourselves.
— Emile M. Cioran
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.
— Emile M. Cioran
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
— Emile M. Cioran
Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
— Emile M. Cioran
What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
— Emile M. Cioran
Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.
— Emile M. Cioran
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
— Emile M. Cioran