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Emile M. Cioran quotes about him

Romanian Philosopher April 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995

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We tell our troubles to someone only to make him suffer, to make him assume them for himself. If we wanted to win him over, we would admit none but abstract worries, the only kind those who love us are eager to hear. Emile M. Cioran
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their losses, as we despise any man who does not suffer at being a man or simply at being. Hence no graver insult can be inflicted than to call someone 'happy', no greater flattery than to grant him a 'vein of melancholy'... This is because gaiety is link to no important action and because, except for the mad, no one laughs when he is alone. Emile M. Cioran
However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness, and caprice. Emile M. Cioran
The more one is obsessed with God, the less one is innocent. Nobody bothered about him in paradise. The fall brought about this divine torture. It’s not possible to be conscious of divinity without guilt. Thus God is rarely to be found in an innocent soul. 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
A harmonious being cannot believe in God. Saints, criminals, and paupers have launched him, making him available to all unhappy people. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the..."
Shame on the man who goes to his grave escorted by the miserable hopes that have kept him alive. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal? less for the pleasure of..."
Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal? less for the pleasure of eating someone than for the pleasure of vomiting him. Emile M. Cioran

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