"The desire to die was my one and only concern to it I have sacrificed everything, even death."
-Emile M. Cioran
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"Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea.“
-Emile M. Cioran
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"What surrounds us we endure better for giving it a name - and moving on."
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"Life inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown."
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"Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers."
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"Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion."
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"Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory."
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"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
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"The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us."
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"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
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"Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."
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"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."
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"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."
-David Brin
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