Quotes by Emil M. Cioran

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Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows. — Emil M. Cioran
The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live --moreover, the only one. — Emil M. Cioran
A zoologist who observed gorillas in their native habitat was amazed by the uniformity of their life and their vast idle — Emil M. Cioran
Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they r — Emil M. Cioran
To live entirely without a goal! I have glimpsed this state, and have often attained it, without managing to remain ther — Emil M. Cioran
Nu pot fi eu insumi decat daca ma inalt pana la furie sau cobor pana la descurajare: la nivelul meu obisnuit, ignor fapt — Emil M. Cioran
I try--without success--to stop finding reasons for vanity in anything. When I happen to manage it nonetheless, I feel t — Emil M. Cioran
Nothing sweeter than to drag oneself along behind events; and nothing more reasonable. But without a strong dose of madn — Emil M. Cioran
The only successful philosophies and religions are the ones that flatter us, whether in the name of progress or of hell. — Emil M. Cioran
The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live-moreover, the only one. — Emil M. Cioran
Tristetea, ca si suferinta, ne revela existenta, deoarece în ele avem în constiinta separatia noastra de lumea obiectiva — Emil M. Cioran
Think of God and not religion, of ecstasy and not mysticism. The difference between the theoretician of faith and the be — Emil M. Cioran
What are the occupations of the sage? He resigns himself to seeing, to eating, etc…., he accepts in spite of himself thi — Emil M. Cioran
A book is a suicide postponed. — Emil M. Cioran
It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a t — Emil M. Cioran
By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing. — Emil M. Cioran
Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner — Emil M. Cioran
If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is certainly God. — Emil M. Cioran
If just once you were depressed for no reason, you have been so all your life without knowing it.Becoming: an agony with — Emil M. Cioran
For the normal man, life is an undisputed reality; only the sick man is delighted by life and praises it so that he won' — Emil M. Cioran