“It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Freedom is the right to difference; being plurality, it postulates the dispersion of the absolute, its resolution into a dust of truths,… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Scaffolds, dungeons, jails flourish only in the shadow of a faith—of that need to believe which has infested the mind forever. The… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“In flawed families, a scion appears who dedicates himself to the truth and who ruins himself in its pursuit.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“To tell the truth, I couldn't care less about the relativity of knowledge, simply because the world does not deserve to be… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Each of us believes, quite unconsciously of course, that he alone pursues the truth, which the rest are incapable of seeking out… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“He detested objective truths, the burden of argument, sustained reasoning. He disliked demonstrating, he wanted to convince no one. Others are a… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Eu nu am idei ci obsesii. Idei poate avea oricine. Nimeni nu s-a prăbușit din cauza ideilor.” — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“For a long while I have lived with the notion that I was the most normal being that ever existed. This notion gave me… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Natura s-a arătat darnică numai cu cei pe care i-a scutit de obsesia morţii. Dacă-i firesc să mori, nu-i deloc firesc să zaboveşti asupra… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Having always lived in fear of being surprised by the worst, I have tried in every circumstance to get a head start, flinging myself… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“We had nothing to say to one another, and while I was manufacturing my phrases I felt that earth was falling through space and… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a taste… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“His power to adore is responsible for all his crimes: a man who loves a god unduly forces other men to love his god,… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
One should live and die where one was born... I've been bored everywhere I went. What was the point of leaving Coasta Boacu? — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine that there could be someone whose childhood could compare to mine. The sky and the earth belonged to me, literally, even… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
