Emile M. Cioran
The desire to die was my one and only concern to it I have sacrificed everything, even death.
-Emile M. Cioran
death
Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.
-Emile M. Cioran
death
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
-Emile M. Cioran
fear
Crime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.
-Emile M. Cioran
fear
Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
-Emile M. Cioran
fear
No one can enjoy freedom without trembling.
-Emile M. Cioran
freedom
For you who no longer posses it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion.
-Emile M. Cioran
freedom
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
freedom
What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?
-Emile M. Cioran
future
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
future
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
-Emile M. Cioran
happiness
Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?
-Emile M. Cioran
history
To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.
-Emile M. Cioran
hope
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
hope
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.
-Emile M. Cioran
imagination
Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
-Emile M. Cioran
intelligence
Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
-Emile M. Cioran
jealousy
What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on.
-Emile M. Cioran
movingon
Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
-Emile M. Cioran
music
Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.
-Emile M. Cioran
power
Society is not a disease, it is a disaster. What a stupid miracle that one can live in it.
-Emile M. Cioran
society
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
-Emile M. Cioran
truth
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