Emile M. Cioran Quotes - Page 12
If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.
"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books
We must suffer to the end, to the moment when we stop believing in suffering.
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books
"Tears and Saints". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1937.
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books
All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute.
"The Book of Delusions". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1936.
"On the Heights of Despair". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1934.
Speech and silence. We feel safer with a madman who talks than with one who cannot open his mouth.
"The New Gods". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1969.
Emile M. Cioran (1975). “A short history of decay”, Viking Books
"Drawn and Quartered". Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
Ideas come as you walk, Nietzsche said. Walking dissipates thoughts, Shankara taught.
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books
"History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.
God: a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.
"The Trouble with Being Born". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1973.
True moral elegance consists in the art of disguising one's victories as defeats.
"Drawn and Quartered". Book by Emil Cioran, 1983.
Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books