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Emile M. Cioran quotes

Romanian Philosopher April 8, 1911 – June 20, 1995

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If a man has not, by the time he is thirty, yielded to the fascination of every form of extremism—I don't know whether he is to be admired or scorned, regarded as a saint or a corpse. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "We understand God by everything in ourselves that is..."
We understand God by everything in ourselves that is fragmentary, incomplete, and inopportune. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies..."
God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays. Emile M. Cioran
Every act of courage is the work of an unbalanced man. Animals, normal by definition, are always cowardly except when they know themselves know themselves to be stronger, which is cowardice itself. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most..."
To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. Emile M. Cioran
The premonition of madness is complicated by the fear of lucidity in madness, the fear of the moments of return and reunion...one would welcome chaos if one were not afraid of lights in it. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any..."
What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures? 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: "Bach: a scale of tears upon which our desires for God ascend."
Bach: a scale of tears upon which our desires for God ascend. Emile M. Cioran
Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself. Emile M. Cioran
The more power man acquires, the more vulnerable he becomes. What he must fear most is the moment when, creation entirely fleeced, he will celebrate his triumph, that fatal apotheosis, the victory he will not survive. Emile M. Cioran
Nothing is better proof of how far humanity has regressed than the impossibility of finding a single nation, a single tribe, among whom birth still provokes mourning and lamentations. Emile M. Cioran
Emile M. Cioran quote: "We would not be interested in human beings if we did not have..."
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
Only those moments count, when the desire to remain by yourself is so powerful that you'd prefer to blow your brains out than exchange a word with someone. Emile M. Cioran
The real, the unique misfortune: to see the light of day. A disaster which dates back to aggressiveness, to the seed of expansion and rage within origins, to the tendency to the worst which first shook them up. Emile M. Cioran

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