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Emile M. Cioran quotes about feeling

Romanian Philosopher April 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995

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Meditate but one hour upon the self’s nonexistence and you will feel yourself to be another man,” said a priest of the Japanese Kusha sect to a Western visitor. Without having frequented the Buddhist monasteries, how many times have I not lingered over the world’s unreality, and hence my own? I have not become another man for that, no, but there certainly has remained with me the feeling that my identity is entirely illusory, and that by losing it I have lost nothing, except something,... Emile M. Cioran
I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel that I no longer belong to the mortal gang. I am above everything then, above the gods themselves. Perhaps that is what death is: a sensation of great, of extreme superiority. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "One can experience loneliness in two ways: by feeling lonely..."
One can experience loneliness in two ways: by feeling lonely in the world or by feeling the loneliness of the world. Emile M. Cioran
If it is true that God dislikes taking sides, I should feel no awkwardness in His presence, so pleased would I be to imitate Him, to be like Him, in everything, “without opinion. Emile M. Cioran
Nostalgia, more than anything, gives us the shudder of our own imperfection. This is why with Chopin we feel so little like gods. Emile M. Cioran
How important can it be that I suffer and think? My presence in this world will disturb a few tranquil lives and will unsettle the unconscious and pleasant naivet of others. Although I feel that my tragedy is the greatest in history—greater than the fall of empires—I am nevertheless aware of my total insignificance. I am absolutely persuaded that I am nothing in this universe; yet I feel that mine is the only real existence. Emile M. Cioran
Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them. Emile M. Cioran
Though we may prefer ourselves to the universe, we nonetheless loathe ourselves much more than we suspect. If the wise man is so rare a phenomenon, it is because he seems unshaken by the aversion which, like all beings, he must feel for himself. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: " I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I..."
. I feel completely detached from any country, any group. I am a metaphysically displaced person 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
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel..."
Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot..."
We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth. Emile M. Cioran

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